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Picture Trip Report Hwy 395/Death Valley/Mojave Preserve

Discussion in 'Trip Reports' started by License2Ill, Dec 7, 2016.

  1. Dec 7, 2016 at 3:19 PM
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    Just recently finished a trip down CA 395. Started in South Lake Tahoe and finished in Bullhead City. Not much of a narrative in the trip report, I don't have have decent internet nor the attention span at the moment.

    Cold night below Laurel Lakes:
    [​IMG]IMG_1598 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1601 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Top of Monitor Pass:
    [​IMG]IMG_1516 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr
    Mine near Masonic Mt above the town of Bodie:
    [​IMG]IMG_1542 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1524 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1532 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1521 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1535 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Looking west towards the Eastern Sierras, Bridgeport below:
    [​IMG]IMG_1519 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1547 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Ghost town of Bodie:

    [​IMG]IMG_1569 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1583-2 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1519 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1522 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1521 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1577 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1559 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1589 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Next to the White Mountains for a walk around the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. A tree in the Methuselah grove is over 10,000 years old.

    Looking again west to the Sierra's Mt. Whitney. Bishop below:
    [​IMG]IMG_1614 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1553-2 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1657 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1656-2 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1653 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1661 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1649 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1568 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1627 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Looking into the northern part of Death Valley NP, and can vaguely see the Eureka Dunes:
    [​IMG]IMG_1550 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1644 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1647 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    The town of Rhyolite, NV:

    [​IMG]IMG_1592 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1579 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1669 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1675 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1596 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1587 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1586 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Titus Canyon:

    [​IMG]IMG_1680 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1685 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Eureka Dunes:

    [​IMG]IMG_1603 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1687 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1704 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1715 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Steel Pass area above Saline Valley:

    [​IMG]IMG_1837 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1723 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1739 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1820 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1827 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1743 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1725-2 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1734 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1823 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1788 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1731 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1733 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1745-2 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1801 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1778 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1744 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1769 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Upper Warm Springs, Saline Valley:

    [​IMG]IMG_1848 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1845 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Saline Dunes:
    [​IMG]IMG_1856 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Headed out South Pass:

    [​IMG]IMG_1873 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Looking down to Panamint Valley, Panamint Dunes far below:

    [​IMG]IMG_1878 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Lee Flat:

    [​IMG]IMG_1892-2 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1889-3 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Little side trip:

    [​IMG]IMG_1898 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1907 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1903 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1904 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Above Osbourne Canyon in the Argus Range looking east towards the Panamint Range:
    [​IMG]IMG_1918 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1924 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1639 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1940 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1932 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Spent a night in a cabin in the Argus Range:

    [​IMG]IMG_2064 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_2066 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_2073 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr


    Bottom of Darwin Falls:
    [​IMG]IMG_2000 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1988 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Above Darwin Falls:

    [​IMG]IMG_2056 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_2008 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Some corndogs, in their natural habitat:

    [​IMG]IMG_2014 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_2040 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    From Panamint Springs I head up Megal Pass.

    Warning near mine site:
    [​IMG]IMG_1649 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1651 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Mengal's Cairn:

    [​IMG]IMG_1654 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Butte Valley's Striped Butte:

    [​IMG]IMG_1657 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Out of Warm Springs Rd and into the valley from which the park is named after:

    [​IMG]IMG_2114 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Headed down Harry Wade Rd:

    [​IMG]IMG_2126 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_2132 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Salt Basin:

    [​IMG]IMG_2136 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_2174 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    After resupplying in Barstow, started West to East on Mojave Rd:

    [​IMG]IMG_2225 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Camped in the New York Mtns:

    [​IMG]IMG_2251 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_2258 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_2260 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Camped under Drum Mountain:

    [​IMG]IMG_2235 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_2243 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Found these sweet map holders in the washboards:

    [​IMG]IMG_1662 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr


    Got rained out and cut the trip short.

    [​IMG]IMG_2271 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1690-2 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    Drum Mountain:

    [​IMG]IMG_1687 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_1677 by Buttermilk Biscuit, on Flickr
     
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    Magnificent! Thx for posting.
     
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    Wow, those are some great pics. You and @Crom and @DVexile all have me wanting to venture down to DV from PNW in a bad way.
     
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    Epic! Thank you for sharing these amazing pics :)
     
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    Nice. Can't wait to get back down that way.
     
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    Amazing pictures. Thanks for sharing!
     
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    I know the majority of the spots you visited. I can't imagine being able to take a grand tour like you did. Just amazing. Thanks for sharing.
     
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    Thanks guys. Feel like I'm reborn when I reenter society after a few days in DV. I even have trouble pronouncing simple sentences to the first people I encounter after not seeing a soul for a few days.

    Thanks. It was rough getting Milky Way pics with the ridiculous full moon on Nov 14.
     
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    Amazing photos!
     
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    Awesome trip and great pics! Thanks from posting.
     
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    Nice work! What a great trip to pack so much in! Recognize most of those sites but spread over many years for me.

    And thanks for the visual reminder of a canyon I keep meaning to get to near Steel Pass. Elevated back to near top of the list.
     
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    Incredible journey... I'm inspired. Thank you for sharing.
     
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    Great photos! Mind me asking what camera you're using?

    This trip is definitely on my list now but in reverse, thanks for sharing :thumbsup:
     
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