This is a “cave” in Joshua Tree National Park, near the boundary, that, according to my book of hikes, was built in the 40’s as a waystation of sorts between a certain area of the exterior of the park and Barker Dam inside, where there is a small lake. Over the years the boulder cave has been stocked to varying degrees and log-booked. We got there the hard way, from within the park, through, among other things, a “challenging” boulder-filled canyon which turned out ot be rather dangerous. Known as “Oh-Bay-Yo-Yo,” the shelter is not on the topo map, and we found it through luck more than anything. The above-mentioned book has what we found to be a cursory description of the route to the cave, but when you’re out there (in the Wonderland of Rocks area, also a Bighorn Sheep preserve) everything looks exactly the same: massive piles of car-sized boulders separated by washes and yucca plants. I’ve read that you can obtain the UTM coordinates from friendly rangers. Inside we found a fire pit, some logs for sitting, battered kitchen utensils, greeting cards (blank), a hardened suitcase containing various paper items, pens, a can opener, some dead lighters, and a spiral-bound logbook.
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