| DATE | EVENTS | LINK TO IMAGES |
| 1971 May | Model rocket launches attended by "metal rocketeers" (Carrier, Gaupsas). Camped on Clark Lake. | 0 images |
| 1971 Oct. 29-31 | Rockhouse Canyon hike, Radio Observatory tour. Domes. Camped on Clark Lake, 19 deg. temp. "Discovered" Clark Well campsite. |
0 images |
| 1971 Dec. | First camp at Clark Well trees. Hike to base of Santa Rosas. Rockets (TBD). | 0 images |
| 1972 Feb. | Diagonal Ridge hike. Rockets (Finless Wonder V-1). | 11 images |
| 1972 April | Coyote Mountain attempt #1. Sandstorm. | 0 images |
| 1972 June(?) | Rockets (Finless Wonders V-2 and V-3, Dual Pod CamRoc, 6-D Roc, 12-D Roc, Wade's Missile, Moby Missile). |
11 images |
| 1972 Oct. 6-8 | Coyote Mountain attempt #2. Coyote Creek hike. | 9 images |
| 1972 Dec. 15-17 | Villager Peak summit. | 0 images |
| 1973 Feb 8-11 | Indian Ruins. The "quagmire" (Clark Lake fills). | 3 images |
| 1973 March | Rockets (TBD), Coyote Mountain summit, "first snake". | 0 images |
| 1973 April 27-29 | Toro Peak hike, Font's Point, Horton's vehicle crackup on dune. | 5 images |
TLK: 197X_00_01___Observatory.jpg
MAH: Observatory: I think I was focussed on two of the young ladies in this picture. Sue Sager (white sweater holding book) and Terri Orr (white jacket facing camera.)
JAB: Palomar Jr. College, San Marcos. Monika Fruehwirth left of Terri Orr. Mt. Whitney in the distance. Looks like a Physics class field trip, but I don't remember being there.
TLK: 1972_02_01___Feb___Seaton_station_wagon_and_trailer_stuck_in_the_sand___Hightower.jpg
TLK: 1972_02_02___Feb___Seaton_trailer_stuck_in_sand___Gary_Clayton__Jeff_Bytof__Dave_Hightower.jpg
MAH: Seaton trailer stuck in sand - isn't that Matt Kelley next to Gary Clayton at left?
JAB: Loading or unloading? Gary Clayton, Matt Kelley, Jeff Bytof, Jon Kelley (with box), Unknown person reaching into trailer, Bernstein (with green pack?), Hightower. Clayton, Kessler, Horton, Kelley and Bytof hiked up the Diagonal Ridge on this field trip.
TLK: 1972_02_03___Feb___Bret_and_Gary_Seaton_with_others_at_stuck_trailer.jpg
JAB: Julia Compton, Curtis Bernstein, Gary Seaton, Bret Seaton
TLK: 1972_02_04___Feb___Jeff_Bytof_and_other_person_climbing_tree_above_camp.jpg
JAB: I think that's Jon Kelley highest up in the tree.
TLK: 1972_02_05___Feb___Group_near_flowering_ocotillo_in_Clark_Valley.jpg
JAB: Bytof, Bret Seaton and 4+ "unknowns".
TLK: 1972_02_06___Feb___Jeff_Bytof_and_Gary_Clayton_with_another_near_a_flowering_ocotillo_in_Clark_Valley.jpg
JAB: Bytof, Clayton, Matt Kelley.
TLK: 1972_02_07___Feb___Jon_Kelley_and_other_person_playing_with_bottle_rockets.jpg
JAB: Duncan MacEwing on the right? Who is the dude in red in the distance?
TLK: 1972_02_08___Feb___Tom_Kessler_with_broken_remains_of__Finless_Wonder__v1.0.jpg
TLK: 1972_02_09___Feb___Tom_cooking_dinner_in_Clark_Lake_camp.jpg
JAB: Filet mignon?
TLK: 1972_02_10___Feb___Bret_Seaton_doing.jpg
JAB: Filename was truncated during download from Yahoo.
GBS: The walking sleeping bag was Bret, but they used to call him the "Walking Cigarette Butt". In college (USC), he would actually go to Halloween parties dressed as the "Walking Cigarette Butt" wearing the sleeping bag. Ya, I'd recognize that cigarette butt anywhere.
JAB: There's a controversy over the actual appellation used at the time of the field trip. The matter is under investigation.
TLK: 1972_02_11___Feb___Patrice_Mueller_and_girl_friend.jpg
JAB: Marian McDorman on the right.
TLK: 1972_05_01___May___Tom_launches__Finless_Wonder__v2_near_Karge_school_van_with_Bret_Seaton_looking_on.jpg
JAB: Kessler, Bret Seaton in driver's seat, and Mr. Karge (recognized the hat) in the back. Was this the trip in May or June 1972 I skipped?
TLK: _05_02___May___Bret_Seaton_and_others_survey_the_sad_remains_of_one_of_Tom_s_rockets___Finless_Wonder_v2___after_it_took_the_launch_pad_into_flight.jpg
JAB: Filename was truncated during download from Yahoo. Whose blue van? Unknown persons on the left and standing in the van. The guy in the white T-shirt seems familiar (a teacher named "Bauer" comes to mind). Was the bearded guy from the Radio Observatory?
TLK: 1972_05_03___May___Tom_launches__Finless_Wonder__v3_near_Karge_school_van_with_Bret_Seaton_looking_on.jpg
TLK: 1972_05_04___May___Tom_s_double_pod_rocket_lifts_off___With_Camroc_.jpg
TLK: 1972_05_05___May___Tom_launches_rocket_with_Rick_Crocket_and_Barbara_Tucker_looking_on.jpg
JAB: Kessler, Wade Townsend in driver's seat, Barbara Tucker, Mr. Karge and unknown person behind the back van door.
TLK: 1972_05_06___May___Kessler_6__D__rocket_lifting_off_near_Karge_school_van_with_Karge_looking_on.jpg
TLK: 1972_05_07___May___Tom_launches_12__D__two_stage_monster_rocket_near_Karge_school_van_with_Bret_Seaton_looking_on.jpg
JAB: Bret Seaton, unknown person in blue van, Kessler, unknown person in driver's seat, Mr. Karge (?) behind van door, Doug MacEwing (?).
TLK: 1972_05_08___May___Wade_Townsend_launching_two_stage_rocket_with_Tom_Kessler_and_others_looking_on.jpg
JAB: April 1972? I don't list a trip in May 72. Big nose cone - Camroc or Cineroc?
TLK: That is just the standard payload carrier nose cone. Wade never got in deep enough for Camroc's or Cineroc's - both of which I managed to destroy upon impact!
TLK: 1972_05_09___May___Brett_Seaton_and_Jon_Kelley_.jpg
MAH: Doesn't Bret Seaton spell his name with one "t"?
JAB: I think one "t". Probably Duncan MacEwing behind Bret.
TLK: Yes, "Brett" is supposed to have only one "t"
TLK: 1972_05_10___Large_white_multiple_engine_rocket_lifts_off_with_Dave_Hightower_in_distance_using_movie_camera.jpg
JAB: Glenn MacIsaac(?), unknown in background, Ted Janssen(?) with camera, Hightower, Morton Gjerde on car trunk, unknown in car.
TLK: 1972_05_11___May___Barbara_Tucker_and_others.jpg
MAH: Barbara Tucker and others includes Pat Muller (no "e" - see other picture.)
JAB: Morten Gjerde to the right of Muller.
TLK: 1972_09_01___Sept___Jeff_Bytof_and_Mark_Horton_sticking_tongues_our_in_the_back_of_Jon_Kelley_s_truck_with_Gary_Seaton_next_to_them.jpg
MAH: Jeff and I stuck our tongues "out" not "our".
JAB: Would this have been the MacEwing's truck? One trip we rode in the back of it all the way to the desert. Or was this a run to Borrego from Camp to stock up on Root Beer at A&W?
TLK: Yes, this was MacEwing's 4-wheel drive truck. This was probably on the drive to Coyote Creek
TLK: 1972_09_02___Sept___Young_lady_with_two_other_gents_along_desert_road.jpg
JAB: Don't know these people. College geology students? Is that the flank of Coyote Mtn. in the background? Looks like the tailgate of MacEwing's truck in the foreground.
TLK: 1972_09_03___Sept___Jeff_Bytoff_and_group_at_beginning_of_Toro_Valley_hike.jpg
JAB: Bytof, Janssen, Gary Seaton, Duncan MacEwing, Jon Kelley and Kessler hiking up Coyote Creek. That trip we also attempted to climb Coyote Mtn.
TLK: 1972_09_04___Sept___Jon_Kelley_pretends_to_be_stuck_on_giant_precipice.jpg
TLK: 1972_09_05___Sept___Mark_Horton_pretends_to_be_hanging_off_of_precipice.jpg
JAB: Who took the picture?
TLK: I probably took the picture.
TLK: 1972_09_06___Sept___Jon_Kelley_and_Gary_Seaton_near_summit_of_Coyote_Peak.jpg
TLK: 1972_09_07___Sept___Jon_Kelley_with_firewood_near_top_of_Coyote_Peak.jpg
JAB: This was the second Coyote Mountain attempt by an A&R club team. The summit was finally reached by Hightower and Kessler in March 1973.
TLK: 1972_09_08___Sept___Clark_Lake_from_near_summit_of_Coyote_Peak.jpg
JAB: AWESOME
TLK: 1972_09_09___Sept___Clark_Lake_from_Coyote_Mountain_hike.jpg
JAB: Note the trees of Clark Well Camp, extreme left at the base of the mountains across the valley.
TLK: 1972_00_01___Toro_Valley_hike_.jpg
JAB: The hike to the "Indian Ruins", north up Rockhouse Canyon and onto the Toro Peak alluvial fan, was Feb. 8-9, 1973. We (Gary Seaton, Bernstein, Bytof, Horton) actually got school permission to leave early Thursday morning in advance of the main group. In the picture above, Bernstein is seen wearing the green backpack, and Bytof is on the rock. This is about the spot where we camped that night, looking north.
TLK: 1972_00_02___Toro_Valley_hike___Jeff_in_old_ruins.jpg
JAB: Also Feb 8, 1973. Found lots of broken pottery and animal bones in the area. The entrance to Rockhouse Canyon is seen in the distance, looking south.
TLK: 1973_02_03___Toro_Valley_Hike___Jeff_in_old_ruin_where_he_found_lots_of_broken_pottery_and_animal_bones.jpg
JAB: I arranged pieces of broken pottery found in this low-walled structure on the rock my left foot is on.
TLK: 1973_04_01___April___Toro_Peak_climb__the_Forest_Service_road_sign.jpg
TLK: 1973_04_02___April___Toro_Peak_summit___Group_lounges_on_top_of_microwave_communications_building___Tom_sets_up_camera_on_tripod.jpg
JAB: Kessler, Hightower, Bytof, G. Seaton.
TLK: 1973_03_03___March___Toro_Peak___Dave_Hightower_and_Jeff_Bytof_watch_as_others_play_in_snow.jpg
JAB: Gary Seaton to Hightower's right. I might be in the distance. Toro Peak hike was in April 1973. Then we drove down to Clark Well and Horton drove over the dune:
(above: stills from Bytof's 8mm movie)
TLK: 1973_03_04___March___Toro_Peak___Tumbling_down_the_snow.jpg
JAB: Gary Seaton?
TLK: 1973_04_05___April___Jeff_Bytof_at_Fonts_Point.jpg