YAQUI MEADOWS Mysteries

The Mystery of Yaqui Dome

Who made it? Who dis-assembled, and moved the pieces 1.5 miles down wash; almost exactly halfway to Borrego Springs Road? Why did they dis-assemble it? Could one of the earthquake sensor builder/maintainers be involved? Could the state park be involved, as it is just outside park boundary. Park boundary marker on road is inaccurately placed, implying it is inside the park, even though it isn't.

Description Latitude Longitude Elevation
State park boundary sign, 4.5' high 33°10'47.1"N 116°20'57.8"W 1180'
Road fork 33°10'47.7"N 116°20'58.0"W 1169'
Driveway fork of geodesic shed site 33°10'47.1"N 116°20'59.3"W 1187'
Dome floor; about 16' diameter 33°10'45.3"N 116°21'04.6"W 1205'
Abandonned disassembled wall panels of geodesic dome 33°11'45.6"N 116°20'53.3"W 889'
Earthquake sensor: solar photovoltaic, ~3' on a side,

10' antennae post, 1' x 2' diameter cylinder with sensors, 2 icechests with electronics. Nice vegetation: hedgehog cacti, ocotillo, barrel, beavertail.

33°9'59.9"N 116°21'14.1"W 1571'

The Mystery of the Yaqui Triangle

Three posts were placed to form a triangle in wilderness around the edge of the park. Somewhere in the vicinity (I didn't get a position), is a small entaglio. Terraine is borderline badlands, and is near a cholla forest. Who put these here? why 3? Why the cross pieces on the short posts? Why the aluminum can on the fallen post? Why the 12' post? Is this a section marker?

Description Latitude Longitude Elevation
3.5' high metal post with cross member at 3' 33°11'06.9"N 116°21'22.8"W 1050'
12' tall wooden post (6' reinforced with a 4x4) 33°11'06.7"N 116°21'20.8"W 1043'
4' fallen high metal post with cross member, with poptop can stuck on cross member 33°11'05.2"N 116°21'21.2"W 1057'

The Mystery of the Yaqui Star Estate

Who lived here? Artifacts imply this was around 40 to 100 years ago. When did they live here? Judging from the remains, it seems this home was abandonned on the order of 50 years ago. Why the star entaglio? A depression exists where the house was... was it a dugout house? Chicken wire suggests animals were kept here. Were they? Why so far from any water? Was this a draft dodger from WWII?

Description Latitude Longitude Elevation
Dump area of long abandonned primitive homesite 33°11'58.2" 116°20'37.7" 795'
Probable remains of animal pen of long abandonned primitive homesite 33°11'59.0" 116°20'37.3" 789'
Main building area, 50' diameter debris field with depression in center, of long abandonned primitive homesite 33°12'00.3" 20'37.4" 790'
Star shapped rock entaglio near abandonned primitive homesite 33°12'00.3" 116°20'36.7" 779'

The Mystery of Eagle Perch

Who lived here? When did they live here? Why in such a dry area? Was there an overpopulation problem? Did they dig a well? Did the chief often go up to Eagle's Perch to view activity below? Was there once ironwoods growing here, where now only 1 survives in the area 1 mile down wash.

Description Latitude Longitude Elevation
Only ironwood in Yaqui Meadows. 15' high, trunk 1' diameter. This is perhaps the only plant resembling a tree for miles around. Due to the ruggedness of the terraine, it could easily be missed, however. Coming upwash just before getting to this tree was an explosion of colour from brittlebush and indigo, with highlights from beavertail, ocotillo, crameria. 33°10'43.2" 116°22'09.4" 1347
Boulder with about 3 morteros (no deeper than an inch or 2). 33°10'18.3" 116°22'15.5"
Adjacent boulder with about 6 morteros (no deeper than an inch or 2). 33°10'18.9" 116°22'15.2"
Single foot mortero on a 4' or so diameter light-colored boulder. A foot mortero is one that has a rock to sit on, just above the mortero, so you could grind with your feet. 33°10'18.2" 22'14.9"
Single foot mortero on a 5' or so diameter salt and pepper granite boulder. 33°10'17.2" 116°22'15.3"
Dual deep metates on a split rock. One is about 1' diameter, the other about half again as big. 33°10'16.7" 116°22'15.1" 1626
Possible 1" deep mortero on a dark orange, smooth rock. 33°10'16.7" 116°22'14.7"

Eagle's perch. Saw bird dropping at edge of this reclining comfy seat a couple hundred feet up, and overlooking the indian camp below, as well as a 240° panorama encompassing the confluence of 2 washes where the morteros are, and the entire borrego valley from Fonts to Tubb Canyon. One of the ocotillos just below on this ridge is about 20' tall. Awesome view on this really comfortable perch. Maybe this is where the chief came up to oversee the activities below.
33°10'13.4" 116°22'16.5" 1830'
15' drop-off; smooth granite; 30' vertical granite cliffs on W of this deep section of wash 33°10'19.0" 116°22'14.3"

The Mystery of LC Peak

Who first set up this monument? Who placed the black-nosed snake under the cholla? Why are there bones scattered around? Why is there a terra-cotta lizard in a rock box next to the monument?

Description Latitude Longitude Elevation
Peak LC, rock monument 3' high; at base is shelter for cammy the chameleon guarding the sacred bone of LC; under the 2' cholla, Blinky the black-nosed snake, is coiled and ready to strike (checked on 3/10/02, and found binky lost his head!). 33°10'49.7" 116°21'24.4" 1342'

The Mystery of Jef's 1979 Intaglio

What computer languages was Jef involved with in 1979? This intaglio will tell the story.

Description Latitude Longitude Elevation
Intaglio 33°11.058' 116°21.560' 1173'