Prior Trips List
2014
January 11 - Inscription Canyon (Black Canyon), lead by Nelson Miller
Ghost Mountain, Anza Borrego by Vicki Hill
April 4-6 Annual DE Rendezvous - Amargosa Valley, Nevada
Inbound : Amargosa River, Sperry Wash & China Ranch by the Johns
Rhyolite, Bullfrog, Leadville, and Titus Canyon by the Johns
Woods Mountain, Pahrump by the Hansens
Chloride Cityby Mignon Slentz
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge by the Harders
Outbound : Ash Meadows, Longstreet Spring & Cabin, Devils Hole by Glenn Shaw
Outbound : Ibex Spring, Saratoga Spring, Sheep Spring, Salt Basin by the Johns
Cambodia, Ankor Wat by Anne Stoll
China Lake Petroglyphs, April 6, by Siler & Midlikoski
2013
January 19 - 20 Ibex Springs, Death Valley CA - lead by Ted Kalil
March 1 - 3 Annual DE Rendezvous - Zzyzx, CA.
Inbound : Turquoise Mountain, CA - lead by Bob & Sue Jaussaud
East Mojave Geology (Mojave Preserve) - lead by Bill Neill
East Mojave hike -lead by Sunny & Jean Hansen
Cady Mountain Canyons (Mojave) - lead by Marian Johns
May 17 -23 MOE - Central Nevada
May 11 Mojave River Valley Museum 47th Annual Barbeque
August 3 - General Meeting - photos
August 23 - 25 San Bernardino Mountains, CA - lead by Ted Kahil
Nevada (near Gerlach, Monitor Valley, Tonopah) - lead by Neal Johns
Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe (Africa) - by Ann Stoll
Baja, Mexico - by Neal Johns
October 7 - 9 Beef Basin, Utah - lead by Christian Duelk
October 11 -13 Gemorama in Trona - lead by Debbie Miller Marschke
October 26-27 Desert to Sierras, Giant Sequoias - lead by Danny & Norma Siler
November 9 - 11 Paria Valley, Utah - lead by Mignon Slentz & Shane Somers
December 15 - Annual Christmas Party
2012
January 20 - 22 Camp Rock (Rodman Mtns) - lead by Ted Kalil
February 18 - 19 East Mojave Heritage Trail First Segment - lead by Neal Johns
March 23 - 25 Anza Borrego Wildflowers - lead by Deb Miller Marschke
April 14 - 15 San Andreas Fault - lead by Bill Neill & Bob Jacoby
April 13 -15 Annual DE Rendezvous, Needles CA
Inbound: Eagle Pass - lead by Bob & Sue Jaussaud
Inbound : Route 66 - lead by Dave Given & Bob Rodemeyer
Lost Arch Inn - lead by Dave Given & Bob Rodemeyer
Turtle Mountains - lead by Deb Miller Marschke
Gold Dome Mine & Jackpot Springs - lead by Charles & Mary Hughes
Outbound: Mojave Road - lead by Charles & Mary Hughes
Outbound: First Segment of the Heritage Trail - lead by Neal & Marian Johns
May 5 -6 Spring Mountain Range, NV - lead by Glenn Shaw
July 21 - 22 White Mountains, CA - lead by Jay Lawrence
August Sitka, Alaska by Mal & Jean Roode
August 10 - 12 San Bernardino Mountains - lead by Ted Kalil
November 3 - 4 Tehachapi, CA - lead by Bob Jacoby
November 24 - December 1 Arizona - by Mal Roode
December 15 Annual Christmas Party
2011
Jan 20 -26 Quartzsite
Sri Lanka and Southern India
Feb 11 -14, Southern Nevada lead by Dan Messersmith
Feb 19 -20, Piute Mountain Wilderness lead by Mal Roode
Desert Explorers Rendezvous, Anza Borrego
Inbound – Travertine Point, lead by Marian Johns
Borrego Wildflowers, lead by Allan Schoenherr
Truckhaven, lead by Ted Kalil
Carrizo Canyon, April 2, lead by Jean Hansen
Tapiado Mud Caves, lead by Alan & Claudia Heller
Crossover Trail, April 3, by Ted Kalil
Neal John’s Uneventful trip to Northern Arizona
May 14-15, Mountain Meadows Massacre Site, Utah, by Ruth Harder
Hannah Friedman’s video about the DE
Mina, Nevada, lead by Wild Bill Gossett
Galapagos Island by Allan Wicker
San Bernardino Mountains, lead by Ted Kalil
Neal Johns Lost Again in Nevada
Japan, by Allan Wicker
The SugarPine Trail, by Jean Roode
South Africa by the Stolls
Tucson International Gem and Mineral Show
October 13 16, Death Valley by Jon Cox
October 22, Cajon Pass History, lead by Bob Jacoby & Nick Cataldo
November 19 – 27, Arizona by Mal Roode
Annual Christmas Party
2010
El Paso Mountains, Feb 20-21, by Johns/Hansens
DE Rendezvous, March 19 – 21, Death Valley Junction
Kingston Wash & Mountains, by Marian Johns
Echo Canyon, Mar 20, the Johns/Hansens
China Ranch, March 20, lead by Mignon Slentz
Gold Valley and Deadman’s Pass, Mar 20, by Bob Dodds
Ash Meadows & Devil’s Hole, Mar 21, by Marian Johns
Dublin Gulch and The Ash Beds, by Vicki Hill
Sheri’s Ranch in Pahrump
Grass Valley Wilderness, April 10, by Bob & Nancy Dodds
Tibet, May 3 -17, by Marian Johns
Vanderbilt and East Mojave Homesteads, May 7-9 by Debbie Miller
Baja, by Neal Johns
Panamint Mountains, May 22-23, lead by Emmett Harder
Mono Basin, June 18 – 20, by Allen Schoenherr
Arizona Strip, Sept 3 – 10, by Dan Messersmith
San Andreas Fault, Oct 16 -17,
Temple Bar MOE, Oct 22 – 25
Fenner Valley, Nov 6 – 7, leady by Joe DeKehoe
Burro Creek MOE
Dolan Springs MOE
Neal Johns appears on the News
Annual Christmas Party
2009
Quartzsite, Jan 22-26, by Dan Messersmith
Willow Beach, Feb 22, lead by Dick Taylor
DE Annual Rendezvous, Nipton CA, March 20 – 22
Inbound- Needles to Nipton, March 19, lead by Bob Jaussaud
Inbound -Cow Cove Petroglyphs, lead by Deb Miller
Rosalie town site, lead by Bob & Nancy Dodds
Highland Mountains, March 21, lead by Jean Hansen
First Segment Heritage Trail, lead by Neal Johns
The Legendary Kokoweef Mine, lead by Deb Miller
Alamo Road, March22 – 25, lead by Dan Messersmith
Baja,March 24-29, by Neal Johns
Seligman Williams Loop, April 17-19, by Dan Messersmith
Anza Borrego
Wiley Well, April 25 by Bob Dodds
Twentynine Palms, lead by Bob Jacoby and Nan Savage
Arizona Strip, May 20 – 27, lead by Dan Messersmith
Catalina Island backcountry 4WD, June 6-7,lead by Nan Savage
Williams AZ area, June 12- 14,lead by Dick Taylor
Wickieup, AZ, July 11, lead by Dan Messersmith
San Bernardino Mountains, July 31 – Aug 2, lead by Ted Kalil
Wyomings Red Desert, by Marian Johns
Hualapai Mountain Lodge, Aug 9, lead by Dan Messersmith
Drum Barracks, August 22, lead by Debbie Miller
Dolan Springs, Oct 10
Bristol Dry Lake, Oct 17 -18, lead by Joe DeKehoe
Tibet
Gold Butte, NV, Nov 13-15, by Dan Messersmith
Desert Bar & Swansea,Dec 5-6
Joe Elliott Tree, Dec 5, lead by Marian Johns
2008
Quartzsite
Hector Mine and Cadiz Farms, lead by Emmett Harder
Afton Canyon, Feb 22-23, lead by Bob Dodds
The Mojave Road, March 14-16, by Neal Johns
DE Annual Renezvous, Shoshone CA
Inbound, Orofino Mine, lead by Dave Given
Sperry Wash, lead by Debbie & Steve Marschke
Emigrent Canyon, April 12, lead by Emmett Harder
China Ranch and Amargosa, April 13
Ibex Springs, Cabins, Rock Alignments,lead by Marian Johns
El Paso Mountains, May 3, lead by Bob Jacoby
Southeast Asia
Cadiz Dunes, as told by Deb Miller
Blue Ridge Truck Trail, lead by Marian Johns
White Mountains, July 19-20, lead by Jay Lawrence
Williams, AZ, Aug 7
Utah, Sept 13-21, by Dan Messersmith
Canyonlands
Kofa Mountains, Oct 18-19, lead by Vicki Hill
Valentine and Truxton, Oct 26, lead by Dan Messersmith
Calico, Oct 18, lead by Bob Dodds
Coyote Buttes & The Wave, AZ by Deb Miller
Annual Christmas Party
2007
Quartzsite
Pisgah
Panamint City, by Deb Miller
Anza Borrego Wildflowers, by Schoenherr and Romspert
Annual DE Rendezvous, Amboy CA
San Gabriel Mountains
Burro Schmidt Tunnel
White Mountains Bristlecones
Mt Baldy,
Goldstone Deep Space Center, Sept 15 lead by Bob Dodds
Tonopah
Chuckwalla Mountains, lead by Schoenherr & Romspert
Miller’s Cabin Spring, lead by Steve Marschke
Antelope Canyon, by Ron Ross
Coyote Butes, by Ron Ross
Arizona, Dec 26 to Jan 2
Annual Christmas Party
2006
(no reports)
2005
Southern Sequoia ,July 16-17, lead by Marian Johns & John Page
Panamint Mountains, South Park, lead by Alan Romspert
El Rosario Festival, Mexico, July 22-24 by Neal Johns
DE Rendezvous, Apple Valley CA
Bodie, Sept 16-18, lead by Gary Thomas
Chloride AZ, Route 66
2004
Orocopia Mountains, July 16-18, lead by Schoenherr & Romspert
Little Petroglyph Canyon, April 25
2003
DE Rendezvous, Anza Borrego
Arroyos Loop, March 1, lead by Marv Patchen
Outbound Arroyo Seco Del Diablo, March 2, lead by John Page
Pinto Mountains, March 8-9, lead by Alan Romspert
Baja, Neal Johns breakdown and rescue
El Mirage, April 5-6, by Bob Martin
Wildflowers, May 11
Owyhee River, May 26- June 2, lead by Marian & Neal Johns
Nevada and Idaho, by Marian Johns
Mojave National Preserve, March 15, lead by Deb Miller
Kern River Plateau
High Flats, Aug 20-25
The Panamints, Sept , lead by Alan Romspert
Eureka Saline Valleys, Oct 13-14, lead by John Page
2002
Anza Borrego, April 4-10, lead by John Page
Miller Jeep Trail, June 22, lead by Robb Anderson and Ana Romero
Secret Lake, July 13-14, lead by Robb Anderson
Peru
2001
Kofa Montains, Feb 17 – 19
Trout Creek
Jail Canyon, lead by Ana Romero and Robb Anderson
Panamint Dunes, lead by Vicki Hill
Titus Canyon
Arizona and New Mexico, lead by the Johns
Southeast Oregon, July 23-28
Calico, Dec 15, lead by Robb Anderson
2000
Quartzsite
DE Rendezvous, Shoshone CA
Baker to Shoshone
Sperry Wash, lead by Vicki Hill
Plants, lead by Alan Romspert
Chappa Springs, lead by Ken Sears
Geology
Edmond C. Jaeger Nature Sanctuary, April 14-15, lead by Reda Anderson
Anza Borrego, lead by Ana Romero and Robb Anderson
San Juan Mountains, CO, lead by Bob Martin and John Page
Mongolia
San Sevaine trail
Panamint Mountains
Cajon Pass
Hungry Valley, Dec 2, lead by Steve Bein
Baja
1999
Anza Borrego Loop, April 17-19, lead by John Page
Copper Canyon, Mexico
Southern Death Valley, Oct 9-10
Bodie
White Mountains, July 24-25, lead by Alan Romspert
Hauser Geode Beds, Nov 13-14, lead by Reda Anderson
Afton Canyon
El Camino Del Diablo, Mexico