Carveacre Road/Pancake Rock & La Posta Truck Trail Jan. 29th 2011

 On this day there was to be a bit of estrogen overload at my house from my wife's baby shower. It was with this in mind, my father-in-law, Mike and his uncle, Jerry and I decided to head out to a few trails close to home. Jerry has had his 2006 Jeep Rubicon for only a few months now and has been wanting me to show him around a few of the trails I'm familiar with. So far, he's only been in a few sandy washes around Anza-Borrego. Carveacre Road was to be the toughest trail he's been on.

Airing down along the road.

Starting up the trail. Notice the hikers on his tail. That's how slow he was going.

He was very impressed with his Jeep's ability.

The climb up Pancake Rock gave him a bit of pause.

Pictures don't do this climb justice.

At the top. A great place to relax, b.b.q., or just hang out.

Views out towards Lake Barrett.

Coming down...

A little fun on the "playground".

On the way down I let my father-in-law take the wheel.

"Is this old Jeep gonna hold together?"

Hopefully this trail stays unmaintained.

Afterward, we drove down the road a ways to La Posta Truck Trail.

This is an easy route and a blast in the snow.

The elevation here is 5400 ft. 

The Pacific Crest Trail crosses here.

What else awaits to be explored in the back country?

We soon finished up the trail and hit the highway towards home. It was a nice day spent on the trails. I enjoyed showing Jerry what his Jeep was capable of and look forward to seeing his confidence and experience grow with each new trail.