My plan: leave L.A. at 8 am. Take the 10 freeway east all the way to Ontario. Then take the 15 freeway north over the Cajon Pass (which leads to Las Vegas). The first town you see is Hesperia. I will get to the Main Street turnoff in Hesperia by 10 am.
10 AM: WE WILL MEET AT THE BURGER KING AT THE MAIN STREET OFFRAMP TO CAR-CONVOY FROM HERE, SO NO ONE GETS LOST. (There are a Denny’s, In-N-Out Burger, Jack in the Box and Starbucks at the same corner.
We will continue 14 miles east on Main street, which changes names to Rock Springs and later to Roundup way. Then we turn right (South) onto the unpaved Bowen Ranch road for between 5 and 7 miles, and Bowen Ranch is where we park our cars. (As it is private property, we pay $5 a person to park,, which is well-worth it since the alternative is a 6 mile walk from the free forest service lot near Lake Silverwood). Then we walk down the sometimes steep trail for 2 miles, wade across the creek and we are there by about 11:30.
DEEP CREEK HAS A LIBERAL CLOTHING POLICY, SO YOU MIGHT SEE NUDE PEOPLE. WE, HOWEVER, WILL KEEP TO OUR SWIM-WEAR. (Sorry, to those who wanted to see me in the buff….)
STUFF TO BRING: Plenty of water, a hat, sunscreen, flashlight, comfortable hiking shoes, sunscreen, lunch and snacks.
I will email my cell phone # and other info to folks on Saturday October 22nd.
NOON TO 4:30: We will bathe and swim, ignore the nudists, and for those that can't stand to enjoy the hot water, we will also hike up the creek for an hour or so.
DEPARTURE FROM THE SPRINGS: Since sunset is at 6:10 pm, we will start back up the trail at 4:30 at the latest, so we are back to our cars before it gets dark.
