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Bishop-D Valley 08 Bishop-D Valley 08

3 Bish LoneP Badwtr

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May 16, 2013
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Bishop-D Valley 08 Bishop-D Valley 08

3 Bish LoneP Badwtr

May 16, 2013
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080326-4857SofKeoughSprMoon (Heading back south, south of Keough Springs.)

080326-4859LonePineTreeSign (Just coming into Lone Pine is this tree and info sign. The tree is a pendunculate oak tree from Sherwood forest, England, and was planted as a sprout about 1900, here on the old Harvey Ranch.)

080326-4860LonePineRoadSign

080326-4861LonePineErthqkCemSign

080326-4862LonePineCemMrkr

080326-4863LonePineErthqkCem (This is a little cemetery honoring the 27 victims of a major earthquake in the area on March 26,1872)

080326-4866LonePineCem (Diagonally across the street is this 'normal' cemetery.)

080326-4868DolomiteMines (Now headed toward Death Valley on Hwy 136 on the east side of Owens Lake. Actually, I'm on Dolomite Loop which runs mostly parallel to Hwy 136 through the town of Dolomite (now gone?).)

080326-4871DolomiteMrkr (This marker says the dolomitic limestone mines are still in operation and in fact are the largest in the US. Found in 1862, the remote location delayed actual mining operations until 1885.)

080326-4872DolomiteMrkr

080326-4873KeelerRdSign (Keeler.)

080326-4875KeelerIntersection (Hwy 136 seems old enough. Apparently there is another, older one.)

080326-4876KeelerWall (What looks like a building in the previous shot is just a wall now.)

080326-4877KeelerBeach (As the slightly sarcastic, though accurate, note on the surfboard says, 'the beautiful setting is provided by the LA water district' which diverted most of the water to the Los Angeles region.)

080326-4879KeelerBldg (Keeler stamp mill.)

080326-4881CerroGordoPlaque

080326-4883ElectricRepair (Working on the power lines near Keeler.)

080326-4885DarwinMrkr

080326-4890PadreCrowleyPlaque

080326-4893CrowleyPtShadow (Me and my shadow looking toward Rainbow Canyon at Crowley Point.)

080326-4895CrowleyPtPeople (I think these are the German tourists who asked me to take a picture of them with their camera.)

080326-4897CrowleyPtView (Crowley Pt view.)

080326-4898PanamintSprSign (This is about 1/4 of Panamint Springs.)

080326-4899PanamintSprCafe (This is the main/only restaurant. Just down the road, the only gas station was selling gas for $5.39 a gallon.)

080326-4900StovepipeWellsCtr (Stovepipe Wells is one of the large, touristy areas of Death Valley.)

080326-4901BurnedwgnsPtMrkr

080326-4902BurnedWagonsPt (Not sure if the firetruck is part of it, but this is 'Burned Wagons Point', across the street from the Stovepipe Wells center. In 1849, some of the Jayhawk group burned their wagons, killed some oxen for food, and continued on foot out of the valley.)

080326-4903StovepipeWellsRngrStn (This is the ranger station at Stovepipe Wells, where I paid my $20 entrance fee.)

080326-4906StovepipeWellsDunes (Two miles down the road are the Stovepipe Wells dunes.)

080326-4909DevilsCornfield (Near the same location are these plants in an area known as 'The Devil's Cornfield'.)

080326-4913SofWell (On a road to the actual Stovepipe Wells is this bit of history. The tracks parallel the edge of the lighter-colored sand.)

080326-4916StovepipeWell (It should be 'Stovepipe Well' as there is only one. When the shifting sands started to obliterate the well, a length of stovepipe was jammed into it as a marker.)

080326-4918StovepipeWellMrkr

080326-4919StovepipeWell (Boarded up now. The skull is a nice bit of tourist attraction.)

080326-4920StovepipeWell (The fitting comes from Indiana.)

080326-4923SofSaltCrkFlowers (South of Salt Creek was this sign of life.)

080326-4924BoraxWorksPlaque

080326-4925BoraxWorks (This is the Harmony borax works.)

080326-4927BoraxWorks (More of the borax works.)

080326-4928BoraxWorksPlaque (One of the info plaques has this photo of how it was when it was.)

080326-4929BoraxWorksPlaque

080326-4930BoraxWorks

080326-4931BoraxWorksPlaque

080326-4932BoraxWorks

080326-4934BoraxWorksPlaque

080326-4935BoraxWorksPlaque

080326-4936BoraxWorksWagons (Visitors read the info about the wagons.)

080326-4937BoraxWorksPlaque

080326-4938FurnaceCrWagons

080326-4940GoldenCynEntr (This is the entrance to Golden Canyon.)

080326-4941GoldenCyn (Golden Canyon.)

080326-4942GoldenCyn (If you are in good shape, you can follow the trail for a couple miles.)

080326-4943GoldenCyn (Golden Canyon.)

080326-4944GoldenCyn (Golden Canyon rock outcrop.)

080326-4945GoldenCyn (This is a few hundred yards into Golden Canyon. It starts to get a bit more physical, so I left :-))

080326-4946ArtistDrSign (Artist Drive leads to...)

080326-4947ArtistDrPeople (A pretty large parking area at the base of these trails, which lead to...)

080326-4949ArtistDrGirlRocks (These man-made rock piles and the view of the hills. The girl and her family were just leaving, so I had it all to myself for a minute.)

080326-4953ArtistDrRocks (More rock piles, and the view.)

080326-4956ArtistDrRocks (Another shot of rock piles.)

080326-4958ArtistDrView (The different chemicals in the rocks produce the various colors.)

080326-4959ArtistsPalette (A mile or two down the road I see this hill side. I walked about 50-100 yards for this closer shot.)

080326-4961ArtistDrView (And this shot.)

080326-4962ArtistsPalette (Another 1/4 mile was the road to same famous hillside, designated as Artist's Palette.)

080326-4965ArtistDrRocks

080326-4966ArtistDrRocks (I'm now at Badwater, lowest spot in the western hemisphere. The sign indicating 'sea level' is in the center of the hill.)

080326-4967BadwaterWalkway (From the parking area, you can walk out onto the salt flats, or investigate a small pool of water.)

080326-4970BadwaterPlaque

080326-4974BadwaterWalkway (Further out on the flat.)

080326-4979BadwaterWalkway (The flat, parking area, and sign.)

080326-4983BadwaterWalkway (It is -282 ft (85.5m) below sea level. The record is at the Dead Sea in Israel, -1378 ft (420m).)

080326-4985BadwaterWalkway (I'm on the road again, but stopped for a few final shots of people on the flat.)

080326-4989LkManly (Lake Manly is the light gray area at the base of the dark hill.)

080326-4991AshfordMillMrkr (Heading toward...Ashford Mill. The info sign, and tourists eating lunch in the main building.)

080326-4995AshfordMillRuins (More Ashford Mill ruins.)

080326-4997AshfordMillRuins (Remnants at Ashford Mill.)

080326-4999AshfordMillCarrera (The other people's Carrera.)

080326-5000ShoshonePlaque

080326-5003ShoshoneMusCar (In contrast, this is a relic at the Shoshone museum.)

080326-5005ShoshoneTank (Another Shosone museum display.)

080326-5006ShoshoneCrowbarCafe (Got something to eat at the Crowbar cafe before visiting the museum.)

080326-5009ChinaRch (Got out of the cafe just after 4:00PM, and the museum had just closed. So, I'm heading toward my next stop, China Lake date farm, down at the Armagosa River.)

080326-5010ChinaRchTruck (One of the relics at the China Lake date farm. I'm not fond of dates, so I did not visit the bakery or gift shop.)

080326-5012ChinaRchBakery

080326-5017ArmagosaRiv (The date farm was the start of my historic 'Spanish Trail' loop. A couple miles from the date farm is a dirt road to this overlook of the Armagosa River.)

080326-5021ArmagosaRivCar (This is the dirt road parallel to the river. The road barely visible in the distance is Furnace Creek Rd.)

080326-5024ColumbiaMine (Further down the road is the remnant of the Columbia mine.)

080326-5031ColumbiaMine (And another one a few hundred yards away.)

080326-5034WesternTalc (This ruin is located on Western Talc Rd, so I assume it was the Western Talc mine.)

080326-5039DavisWell (Furnace Creek Rd becomes Mesquite Valley Rd. A few miles down is this tree and Davis well.)

080326-5040CalifValleyDavisWell (I'm on up a short dirt road off the official 'Old Spanish Trail Hwy', looking across California Valley, and that tree and Davis well.)

080326-5041CalifValleyDavisWell (A wider view of California Valley, the Davis well, and approaching shadows.)

080326-5045SpanishTrWagonTracks (Looking east, old wagon trails are visible across the center of the shot.)

080326-5049PahrumpSunset (Sunset in Pahrump.)

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