Scouting the Arroyo Seco for the MDC Mission Site

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Scouting the Arroyo Seco for the MDC Mission Site
Lots of looking at maps, sweating, and digging.

Our Scouting Process

Power tower legs and lines running to the NASA JPL. The JPL Arroyo Parking Structure (left) is in the distance.
Severed wooden power tower legs
These beheaded wooden power tower legs indicate that the newer metal towers (in background) follow their same route.

After spending many hours acclimating to the Arroyo wash area and staring at maps from the 1990s we found a site that looks the most promising.

Our Most Exciting Location

Completed project
We paced out our steps from the power lines and then did it about twenty more times. This looks like the most likely spot for digging. Notice the small entryway-style row of rocks at the far center left of the photo.