Frog Mountain

Frog Mountain is not to be found on any map or by using GPS.  I'm not sure the mountain even has a name.

Frog Mountain gets this designation from the locals

because

it looks like a frog!

Can you see his (or her) eyes and wavy-lipped smile?

We were told that someone had found a cabin on Frog Mtn. so, yesterday we went in search.

Not only did we find the cabin, we found a corral with a shelter

AND

more mortar holes!

Can you see the two dark holes in front and to the right of Vic?  There were actually four in all.

The corral walls

 and in one corner is this shelter - for the shepherd?

Next - meander over to the other rock structure above Vic's head and to the right.

Well, meander isn't the correct word.

Pick our way through and around the small honey mesquite with one to one and a half inch thorns and other nasty

plantlife is the reality.

Aha!  The cabin where Vic looks out through the window.

A fishhook barrel cactus.

While this one is extremely small, it looks quite healthy.

Both last winter and this winter have been much colder than normal and the barrel cacti have suffered.

Unless found in a sheltered area, most appear to be dying.

Our path back towards civilization - we are about 2-3 miles from the dirt road.

This grave, far from anything, was the other discovery of the day.

Rest in peace.