January 20, 2026

Another bright sunny day. I took off for a hike this afternoon while Joann was making sourdough bread. I did about five miles in the foothills by the West Transfer Rd. Lots of cows all over in there. That still baffles me. There’s not much food there and no water that I can see. They’re mainly located on BLM land. The area is also closed to motor vehicles during the winter for wildlife habitat. Yeah right. There are truck, atv, and motorcycle tracks all over in there. It’s kind of disgusting, since the wildlife pretty much move out when all that activity moves in. Oh well. I found some old tin cans including tobacco tins. They were very rusty. I didn’t locate any structure remains nearby. Maybe it was just a passing cowboy camp???

Tobacco tin