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| no partners | | I took a side trip over to Dos Cabezas along the old San Diego and Arizona Railroad line. From there I drove along the tracks to get to the good car friendly crossiing of the track on the main road that heads for Mortero Palms. In fact, if your destination is either Dos Cabezas or Mortero Palms/Goat Canyon Trestle, the road that turns off of S-2 and goes by the wind farm operations buildings is the way to go. There is no need to head in off the S-2 along the road that is just past the Border Patrol checkpoint (where the information kiosk is). That is a more direct way to Dos Cabezas, but the road is less car friendly. There are a lot of old roads in there that predated the wind farm, and many of the BLM road markers are faded out or knocked down. It hasn't changed much since I was last there in 2014, but I think there has been an attempt to eliminate some of those old tracks through the facility. If you only want one crossing of the railroad track, just stay on the north side of the rail loop, although there is a short cut that bisects it (this will add two more crossings). The road is shown on the satellite view as Dos Cabezas Road. It is easy to follow and I didn't need four wheel drive, but out in this area it doesn't hurt to have it.
Wind Turbines on a windy day: [ youtube video ]
From there it was on to I-8 at Ocotillo, then to Yuma to gas up, and finally to Gila Bend for the night. Fun day!  |
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