Trilobite Wilderness Area

So I set out on a reconnaissance mission to the Trilobite Wilderness Area in the Mohave Desert. I didn't find any Trilobite fossils, and I'm not even sure if I was on the right mountain, but I had quite an adventure.

When I started in San Diego it was raining raining, but it was not raining in the

desert. I used this web site as a guide because I couldn't find any other helpful tips on how to get there. I parked almost two miles away from the mountain parked because I couldn't find a traversable road parked that led to the base of the mountain. The desert didn't look very forgiving desert for a sedan. Once at the mountain base I found the road road, but still could not see where it came from.

The walk to the mountain wasn't so bad, although judging distances was difficult due to the mountain being much larger than expected base. The mountain is very steep base which made fossil hunting difficult. Every step created a mini avalanche of rocks and debris. I constantly checked to see if my car base was okay. Perhaps my radio was being stolen by Jawas. The car looked very far away far.

Fossil hunting was difficult. I couldn't remember much from geology 101 and the

web site I was using for a guide seemed extremely vague once I was looking at

many different colored rock outcroppings rock. I did find a nice plant fossil plant

and another not so nice plant fossil plant and something that looks like a Trilobite fossil and also a fossilized tree branch segment branch, but I will have to return

another day to find a worthy Trilobite specimen. If it was the correct mountain, I

think the fossils are another 100 yards further than where I was searching.

After about three hours of tortuous scavenging and being harassed by Yellow

Jackets, I started back towards the car desert. On the walk back I found a lot of cans like this one can, this one can, and this one can. I also found a fork from a mess kit fork and a 50 caliber shell casing shell. The shell casing is made in St. Louis in 1943 shell and is quite large shell. Considering the area and date

of the shell, it could have been fired from a B-25, but lots of aircraft used 50

caliber machine guns.

After getting the hell out road of the desert, I saw Roy's Motel Cafe motel, and a shoe tree tree (a tree that people throw shoes at).

Until I head back and actually find some trilobite fossils, here is a nice photo of the

mountain mountain.