Death Valley Off-Road Adventures

Hard to read it but it was up. Glad they fixed it!

 

I was on 395 yesterday, lots of jet activity! Hope someone was able to see it.

 

The corral in the background was made with spiral riveted pipe scavenged from nearby abandoned mines.

 

People who live in the desert have a seemingly endless sense of resourcefulness.

 

Truth.

 

Heard that the garage at Scotty's Castle burned down.

 

The garage was the visitor’s center before the flood. Not sure what was in there post flood, hopefully they weren’t storing artifacts there...

 

the full press release ..

https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news...8EahPbteMMsrWgL6erXyb4_OLAqbCHoWz8brW4i4ILAgY

 

That's horrible news.

 

From their FB page

 

Tried to schedule a reconstruction tour from the floods when I was out there and it was all booked up. Now this happens...

We seem to have a lot of fires while things are under construction or not properly protected from fires...

Things like Notre-Dame, Bonhomme Richard, or library that just burned down in South Africa with irreplaceable items...

Just hope it was an act of god and not some shoddy work or vandals.

 

We just had a similar fire a year or so ago. Brand new housing multi-story building, still in the stick phase of construction went up like a torch. There have been several of those kinds of fires over the last 10 years or so. Usually happens when the roof is going on (torch work). You'd think they'd stand a fire watch for those kinds of activities.

 

And Cerro Gordo

 

Very sorry to hear -- we were there two weeks ago for the recovery tour. In 2015 the location was hit by a 1000 year storm which trashed infrastructure, many buildings (but not the main house).

 

I seem to recall there was a gas station at Scotty’s Castle when I first visited years ago. Am I hallucinating? I’ve never been inside ... on my last stop there I had to do a clutch actuator repair on my motorcycle, in the parking lot, and then the flood. Fingers crossed that his fire won’t slow down the re-opening.

 

That's just awesome. I hope its open in a year or two. Want to see it next time for sure.

 

I wouldn't hold your breath, it's been closed forever. It would be great to go back, but I'm sure it will take more than a few more years.

 

Must be someone’s gravytrain.

 

Sigh...

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2021/04/40-acre-pot-farm-discovered-death-valley-national-park

 

I honestly am not surprised. Maybe a little. But the high cost of being a legal grower will continue to keep these places in business.