250-Mile Road trip around the Salton Sea searching for Survey Marks! Check all 47 recoveries & insight into the "hunting" process!

Survey Mark Recovery: Locate, Photo-Document, Verify the condition of Survey Marks, and report results to the NGS, a day well spent! 😊👍🏻

My 5th time back to Hot Springs Mountain Summit and my 3rd San Diego Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge Complete AND a personal record on descent!

Five Peaks down, one to go! Closing in on the San Diego Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge with a beautiful day on El Cajon Mountain!

Survey Mark hunting on a Volcano 💥Obsidian Butte was a cool pile of rocks with a pre-historic history, + lots of marks found along the way!

I returned to Box Canyon and the surrounding area for more Survey Mark Recoveries on November 6, 2021. Fascinating history & cool finds!

"You ain't having fun unless the trip ends in the hospital" 😳 LOL, Just one comment I heard in response to today's adventure. Read on!

Two months to the day from a torn ACL and I am back on trail for my first hike, some cool Survey Mark finds, and a bit of CA Land History!

Day 2 of keeping things cool and "SMASHing" near the water! Lots of Coronado Benchmarks today and I picked up a GPSonBM priority on the way!

Finding a 2 or 3-inch brass disc can be challenging at times, today's recoveries were easier to find and included crosses, domes, & towers!

4th of July Weekend Survey Mark Scavenger Hunt (SMASH) in Pala and Pauma Valley, along SR 76 uncovering cool marks and their history!

I recovered a good mix of survey marks that fit my category of Drive-By Recoveries (DBR). Of the 78 new finds for the month, 20 were DBRs!

Today's Mini Survey Mark Scavenger Hunt took me back to Point Loma and Cabrillo National Monument; adding two Lighthouses to my recoveries!

May was my most prolific month of Drive-By Recoveries with 29 marks found! This includes all the finds & some of my tips for locating them!

Survey Mark Scavenger Hunt in the hills above Little Blair Valley. Lots of missing marks along the way, but success on the summit of Shake!

The Desert Calls! It was great to revisit the Hellhole Canyon Trail and the amazing 360º views from the WEBO Summit with perfect weather!

A short hike on the PCT Grassy Hollow Trail to look for an Mt. Baden Powell Bench Mark gives me a little more than I bargained for.

SoCal Six-Pack of Peaks 2021 Peak #9! A great day recovering survey marks on Mt. Wilson and learning about Nobel Scientist Albert Michelson.

Peak #8 of 11 on the 2021 SoCal Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge. It was a beautiful day to re-visit San Jacinto Mountain.

Taking advantage of perfect weather conditions to revisit Cuyamaca Peak and recover four survey marks that I'd missed on previous trips