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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Fall: Mojave National Preserve / Day 2: Old Dad Mountain Canyon and Idora Mine Canyon day hike, Mojave National Preserve /

Just beyond the old truck, I stumble upon (and not into) an abandoned mine shaft; it looks like it might be quite deep

06506-mine.jpg I lift up the hood to take a peek insideThumbnailsGetting closer back to the mouth of Old Dad Canyon, I walk up the hillside, following a grown-in former roadI lift up the hood to take a peek insideThumbnailsGetting closer back to the mouth of Old Dad Canyon, I walk up the hillside, following a grown-in former roadI lift up the hood to take a peek insideThumbnailsGetting closer back to the mouth of Old Dad Canyon, I walk up the hillside, following a grown-in former roadI lift up the hood to take a peek insideThumbnailsGetting closer back to the mouth of Old Dad Canyon, I walk up the hillside, following a grown-in former roadI lift up the hood to take a peek insideThumbnailsGetting closer back to the mouth of Old Dad Canyon, I walk up the hillside, following a grown-in former road

I missed this on my hike up the canyon too even though it's really close to the cabin ruins where I stopped to take photos.