I spent Sunday exploring the Mud Caves of Arroyo Tapiado in the Anza Borrego Desert.  We parked our car at the base of the wash and hiked up the wash exploring the the slot canyons and mud caves the dot the landscape on each side of the canyon walls.  Like so many places in the Anza Borrego,  I was amazed at the the diversity landscape I was witnessing.  I could hike this wash for days,  and not discover all it has hidden.  We found a particularly interesting slot canyon about two mile up from our parking spot, and hiked a mile into it,  ducking through rock arches,  and crawling through short caves.  We found a comfortable spot in the shade and had lunch.

After lunch,  we made our way out the canyon,  and found a deep dark mud cave with multiple skylights (I believe it is called Chasm Cave).  We hiked to the end of its 1/4 mile stretch,  and proceeded to get ourselves turned around in the looping tunnels.  We ended up back at the end when we were trying to get out.  After a uncomfortable moment,  we retraced our steps and realized our mistake.  We made it out alive!

As the sun began to drop we headed back to the car,  happy, and looking forward to returning to explore more of this amazing area.

Here is a good link with descriptions of the caves and canyons  Hidden San Diego