Round Mountain

How many times have I said to myself I would climb up Round Mountain on one of my trips out to ABDSP? Maybe a million? Well..I did this trip out...

View from Round Mountain.


I parked under the bridge and started the trek out on the railroad tracks before I cut over thru the thick brush


SDGE Sunrise Power Link project in action


Round Mtn is not super huge to climb


The register and DeAnza in the background


I guess we know who mostly summits this small peak


I am not sure what kind of bush this is but is has very bright, pretty yellow berries


The railroad tracks leading off into Carrizo Gorge


Scat DeJour


Some kind of old dam down in Carrizo Gorge


Down in the thick of Carrizo Gorge


Water drain pipe that crosses under the 8 freeway, I saw Border Patrol on foot patrolling this area, they told me they were looking for “clientele”.


Native Americans inhabited this area


A spiral


The Owl


This is a panorama photo from the top of Round Mtn. From left to right, Tule Mtn, DeAnza Springs Resort, Jacumba Peak, Gray Mtn and of course the 8 freeway running thu the middle of it all


Download Full size panorama here

McCain Valley Stars

McCain Valley is a great place to view the stars, it has some very dark skies. I spent the night with my son this last week there and got to view more stars than I photographed...it was cold, very cold..

The moon and Venus


The moon, Venus and Fomalhaut(?) form a triangle. An airplane flew thru sky during the photograph


Cygnus, the Northern Cross, Vega is below. It seems centered in the Milky Way,