Fly Ranch

My parents invited us to go with them to Fly Ranch. My parents young men were camping out there. I was so excited to go because I have heard and seen pictures of this geyser that is out in the middle of the desert. It's not open to the public because it's on someones ranch. So we packed up with just a few snacks and headed out.

Sure enough, it's right smack in the middle of the desert. I thought it was a natural geyser but come to find out it was man-made on accident. A well was drilled and a geothermal boiling water was hit, the geyser was left alone and a 10-12 foot calcium carbonate cone was formed.

It was a little chilly and slightly muddy but it was worth it!

Check out the colors. It's beautiful.

My camera battery was almost dead. I only got one side of the geyser.

The steam could get a little intense to the point Mom couldn't see out of her glasses.

We were going to go straight home after the geyser but we decided to tag along with Mike and Maryann Mooney and have them show us some Indian artifacts that were in some caves. We couldn't miss out so we went.

The Mooneys were super nice and shared a little of their lunch. We didn't pack for an all day outing and that's exactly what we did. But we had fun. This picture above is of Matt in front of Indian rock. We had fun climbing and walking about it.

Matt and Brielle in the cave playing with the grinder.

Matt ventured out and found some cow skeleton.

Check out the rock formation. It was so compact, rough and SHARP! It was so cool!

I think I discovered the biggest find of the day. A taranchula in the wild! I didn't even know we had taranchula's in our deserts. In fact, no one in my group has ever seen one in the wild either. Thank goodness it was cold because it didn't move too fast, allowing me to get kinda close and take a picture.