THURSDAY	April 6, 2006
Mark was the first to arrive, and, by his account, walked around nude until McD arrived. Jef and Kathy arrived late that night.		Jef after arrival

FRIDAY	April 7, 2006
Sunrise	Only 3 cars Friday morning	Morning coffee
Mark by target frame after digging hole and firming with large rocks	After frame had been firmed by burying bottom platform with dirt	Tools used in installation
Cannon party gothic	View towards cannons Heyob arrived just after completing frame installation, so we walked back to camp for a break	Jef had put sleeping bag by fire after ice chest leaked on it on way up, and so had a hole that was patched up this day.
Mark by target just after installing (see installation video)	Fresh target	Target by other long-range target
Later that day, many more arrived. Mara and Mika arriving	They brought a few sticks of firewood	3 cannon in place after Flaco arrives
McD shooting cannon when darkness was fast approaching	Later that day, with about 15 vehicles in camp, much cannon shooting was done. Mark did final assembly of his cannon stand.

SATURDAY ROAD TRIP	April 8, 2006
View of snow-capped peak at the tunnel		At the junction to get to 14
Before taking spur trip to Last Chance Canyon, we looked at mining equipment and wildflowers	Cut in white rock on hilltop is borax mine (see pix below)
		Starting down Last Chance
	We talked with this gnarly offroader at Last Chance Spring -- he had just come up from down-river!	Bypass road seems worse than creek, but may be easier!
	Farewell, Last Chance Creek. Back to pavement now.	Tom saw this abandonned mine, so we checked it out. Note the moon above, and footings for probable mine headquarters
Kathy's Jeep -- Note Joshua tree, and Hwy 14 in distance	Perhaps some can't read these signs?	Tom H thinks this water tank was dynamited open
Shafts in this borax mine were impressive	Looking out a shaft at Tom and Kathy	This is intersection of 2 tunnels
New furniture at Jawbone Canyon Store	Dino pizza?	Cannon party as seen from road

SATURDAY	April 8, 2006
Around the camp...
A few bowling balls and dozens of cannon shots were heard this day.	Later that night, Jef put his flashlight and one of Mark's light sticks on target at night. One nighttime cannon shot was tried by Paco, and Jef and Raymo tried their luck with rifle. Sometimes you could see the flash of bullet relative to illuminated target - but no hits.	Tootsie Pop target Reindeer targets
	Note: Alex corrected the following, which mistakenly had the wrong person's ashes going up: Randy Rose -- still alive and well ;) -- an original cannon partyer from the '70s, shot the ashes of Ed Gomez, saluting him with McD's cannon -- the barrel of which, was formerly Flaco's, and was originally used in 1985 at the Homestead. (So both Ed and Randy were probably both familiar with it, as they were with Tom Cassidy's BBM). Tom also shot up some of Ed's ashes with a BBM salute.
Mark with fireworks above	More fireworks	Mark, Raymo, Eric CUT-OUT

WILDFLOWERS	April 7 - 8, 2006
Looks similar to ghost flower	Tiny white flower
Checker Fiddleneck (a phacelia)	Goathead or Fillary (sp?)	Chia
	Fremont pincushion Possibly Canterbury Bells at right

SUNDAY	April 9, 2006
Most left camp by the middle of the day. This was a fairly lazy day, and as Jef was out of film, took no pictures. Jef and Kathy cleaned up around their camp and left at about 1 p.m.