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64 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | DECEMBER 2021 Our October run was to the Meccacopia Jeep Trail led by Scott Snyder. Scott took us east on I-10 towards Chiriaco Summit where we picked up the Jeep/4x4 trail. Our group of eight navigated the washes and gullies, then we climbed a few hills and enjoyed beautiful desert views. We found a well-maintained burial/ memorial sight dated from the 1940s. A compass rose with names and dates carved into it, this was a real surprise find. We were on the trail about three hours and ended up at the Chevron food court in Mecca, where we grabbed a big table, enjoyed a slightly late lunch, told a few stories, cracked a few jokes and made it back to Four Seasons about 3 pm. We had a few new "wheelers" this month, Tom and Sue in their well-equipped Jeep JK and Ike in his go anywhere Honda Ridgeline. Welcome to our group. Thank you Scott and all of our 4x4 Seasons group for another great day in the desert. If this looks like fun please join us at our regular meetings on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm in the RCN Conference Room. We usually go out for a day run the second Thursday, we finalize our runs at the Tuesday meeting. For information please contact Scott Snyder (562) 714-7252 scottdonaldsnyder@ gmail.com or Brian Fusilier (909) 215-2778 bfusilier@verizon.net. ~ Brian Fusilier 4x4 Seasons The western boundary of the Orocopia Mountains Wilderness is contiguous with the Mecca Hills Wilderness with the exception of the Meccacopia Jeep Trail, which bisects the two wilderness areas. The forces of nature have produced a striking landscape here where open valleys, ridges and highly colorful and dramatically eroded canyons are the result of the region's proximity to the San Andreas fault system. Deep canyons and washes cut across the entire area, exposing walls of color shaded from bright red to black. Bighorn sheep, burro deer, desert tortoise and many small upland game species live among the mountains. The spiny-leaved Orocopia sage, Alverson's foxtail cactus, Orcutt's woody aster and the Mecca aster grow unexpectedly in washes, on stony slopes and in gypsum soils. Orocopia Mountains Wilderness is administered by BLM's Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office. Fishing Club How time flies. By the time you are reading this article I would have gone fishing at Diamond Valley Lake. I went on Nov. 10 with four other guys from Four Seasons. I had to write this article by Nov. 8 so I was not able to tell you about the trip. In the January article I will let you know what happened. By December, all the local lakes will be planting trout. My wife (at right) said she will start fishing with me again. Boy-oh-boy. That means I will be baiting her hooks and then taking off the fish she catches. What that means is I won't be doing much fishing. That is okay because I love for her to go fishing with me. Now that the pandemic is in our rear view mirrors, I am sure we will all be going fishing more often. I took a picture of my wife with her fishing pole. Next month we will hopefully have pictures of actual fish that we caught. Tight lines to all my fishing friends and remember a new rod and reel is a great Christmas present. ~ Richard Carrasco, ricarrasco52@gmail.com