Organizer
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Gerry Kleckner
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Phone
612-963-2045 -
Email
gerrykleckner@comcast.net -
Gerry retired from his advertising agency career at age 55 and hasn’t looked back. His top priorities: staying active and staying outdoors. In addition to hiking, he and wife Joyce enjoy concerts in the park, patio dining with friends, gardening, and frequent road trips (ideally with the convertible top down). The Kleckners hail from Minnesota but spend half the year at their home in Rancho Mirage.
Location
- 51500 CA-74, Palm Desert., CA
RANDALL HENDERSON LOOP
The Randall Henderson Canyon Loop is in south Palm Desert; it traverses the sandy washes and canyons of the lower Santa Rosa Mountains. The trailhead is located just off Highway 74 near the visitor center for the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. We hope to see wildflowers in bloom, cacti, mesquite trees, and desert scrub. Wildlife sightings are also common along this trail.
Trails are uphill/downhill, hard-packed and well maintained.
After the hike, you can learn more about the area at the visitor center, where you’ll also find exhibits on the monument’s trails, plants, wildlife and indigenous history.
PLEASE EMAIL GERRY TO SIGN UP FOR THIS WALK AND BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR PHONE NUMBER.
CVHC HIKE LEADER: Gerry Kleckner
DISTANCE: 2.7 miles
ELEVATION GAIN: 413 feet
DIFFICULTY: Easy
PACE: Medium
EXPECTED DURATION: 1.5 hours
MEETUP LOCATION: Randall Henderson trailhead, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center, upper parking lot, 51500 CA-74, Palm Desert, CA. See a road map here
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