Saturay morning the sun was shinning, and after a great breakfast of pancakes, fresh cut bacon, sausage, eggs and fruit complements of Les, we headed off to the Mine Trail on the north side of Stoddard Mountain. Lots of rocks (Remember Ron??) and great fun. 

After a brief lunch stop, we decided to explore the Stoddard Ridge mountain range just East of Stoddard Mountain-My old map shows a Most Difficult trail somewhere on the North side, so we started looking. After traveling up a few dead end canyons, we discovered a narrow bike trail leading up one canyon that looked promising. The trail would alternately narrow to bike tracks and further on widen to a 4x4 road. We climbed a number of interesting rock ledges that were not to difficult but required some lifting and pushing to get the kids over in their quads and bikes. 

The trail slowly climbed up the narrow canyon, and much to our joy eventually led us all to the top on the montain range. We paused on the ridge for awhile to enjoy the panaramic views and take a few pictures of the surounding desert-Barstow, Victorville, the snow capped mountains-Great scenery! 
The trail followed the ridge line West for a few miles then dropped down a switchback trail to end on the West side of the mountain range. 
A great trail-not on any maps-that we need to visit again! 

Saturday night we were treated to a fresh home made Chile dinner complements of Les. 

Sunday after another great breakfast, we ran the Achey-Breaky Trail, and then poked around the hills and found a couple of new rocky washs to run. 
The weather was wonderful- The food was outstanding!- And the runs were exciting- A great Spinnin Fours weekend.

Fred Ramm