Death Valley - 2004

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Old car in the ghost town, Ballarat. Cabin in South Park Canyon Caution sign before old bridge in South Park Canyon This old bridge has been rated to just 6000 pounds. The drop off is several hundred feet! Death Valley is hard on vehicles!. South Park mine area. Roger's Pass. Ballarat, CA from Pleasant Canyon Road. Airing up tires after completing South Park Canyon - Roger's Pass - Pleasant Canyon loop. Darwin Falls, near Panamint Springs Resort. Aaah, water in the desert. Your Truly posing for a shot at Father Crowley Point. That's Telescope Peak in the background, 11,049 feet. Welcome to Death Valley National Park. Old boundry marker on Lippencott Mine Road. The upper end of Lippencott Mine Road. It wasn't as hard as I was led to believe. Moving rock on the Racetrack. Moving rock on the Racetrack. Old boots at Lippencott Mine. You think the roof will stay up if I yank out these shoring timbers? Teakettle Junction. Hiking up the trail to Keen Wonder Mine. It took me and Curt over an hour to reach the mine entrance from the valley floor. Onelast shot of the Racetrack and Grandstand before heading south into the main part of the park. Monarch Canyon overlook. Climbing out of a mine, on a very rickety ladder, in Chloride City. Summuit of the mountain behind Cloride City. It was very windy and cold! Move! Giant chockstone in Marble Canyon. Inyo Mine. Another shot of the old mill at Inyo mine. Many of the building in DVNP are falling down. Inyo Mine. Curt at Inyo Mine. Me posing for another shot. Inyo mine. Curt's Rover handled everything we threw at it. Here we are headed back down the famour Class 5 route in Echo Canyon. Echo Canyon. Here you can see just how steep and rocky the trail was. It was much easier than the trip up!

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