The next morning we climbed an unnamed group of hills east of the Grotto Hills and were amazed to see the large number of bones, some still with sinew attached, lying about on the mountainside. They had belonged to burrows, cattle, and one bobcat. We called these the "Graveyard Hills". Following this scamper, we reached Hackberry Mtn from the north, a rugged colorful range-and really more than a mtn! We saw three wild horses on its slopes. This area is volcanic in origin. Just to the northeast of Hackberry, we found ourselves in the Bobcat Hills. Strangely, this summit has a cap of granite boulders although parts of the rocky summit contain lavitic rocks.
Our day was rounded out with a sprint up the high point of the Vontrigger Hills-done from the southwest, and consisting of gently rounded hills with broad ridges and shallow canyons.
New Years Eve had arrived! It was spent in an abandoned schoolhouse in Goffs, where once again Ellen performed the mead of ham, sweet potatoes, cooked up with marischino cherries, pineapple and spices, Needless to repeat, the magnums lubricated our upper intestinal or rather alimentary tract. After dinner we drove to Barstow and delivered Bill. (he is a fireman at Lake Arrowhead and had to leave us this nite)
The three of us slept out on the eastern slopes of the Waterman Hills no. of Barstow. Freeze again! The next AM we drove to the NW side of Mt General, a large mtn mass, and climbed it. Next came Red Hill, with a later view from the top of Lynx Cat Mtn. On the sandy portions of this mtn we saw many tracks of either bobcats or lynxes. This peak has two rocky volcanic summits about 50' apart, and their appearance is striking and colorful. Later in the PM we drove over to the Shadow Mtns NW of Adelanto, and climbed both this high point and Silver Peak in this range.
The weekend added up to 14 summits of various heights and configurations, along with the unimaginable culinary delights.
