Jeff Nicholson's photos

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death valley 2 (06)

23 May 2003 73
Snapped this pic almost exactly the same as last time.
death valley 2 (05)

death valley 2 (05)

23 May 2003 64
death valley 2 (10)

death valley 2 (10)

28 Feb 2010 66
SR 6 joins HWY 95 and heads south. Sign for the creepy Clown Motel in Tonopah, NV.
death valley 2 (09)

death valley 2 (09)

23 May 2003 56
death valley 2 (01)

death valley 2 (01)

23 May 2003 58
I wanted to take Roxanne on a repeat of the 2000 Desert Trek I did with Andrew (but not 1,600 miles in four days), so we retraced the first part of it and added a few things. The snow passes were open this time so took SR 108 directly to HWY 395, and then again at Mono Lake went east on SR 120.
death valley 2 (04)

death valley 2 (04)

23 May 2003 41
Old wagons at the entrance to Benton Hot Springs.
death valley 2 (02)

death valley 2 (02)

23 May 2003 39
Dramatic geologic formations along 120. Surprising amount of weather this time.
death valley 2 (08)

death valley 2 (08)

23 May 2003 54
death valley 2 (03)

death valley 2 (03)

23 May 2003 40
carrizo 2 (23)

carrizo 2 (23)

17 Nov 2002 36
Here's a panoramic looking northwest back up the valley.
carrizo 2 (21)

carrizo 2 (21)

17 Nov 2002 47
carrizo 2 (26)

carrizo 2 (26)

17 Nov 2002 47
We thought the hotel was shut down but went up and knocked. There is a guy renting rooms but we didn't find it quaint, just kinda creepy.
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carrizo 2 (28)

17 Nov 2002 72
The eccentric hotel owner bought two of these mobile Del Tacos in LA and trucked 'em out here. He was confident he was going to open them some day (even though there was a fully equiped closed down restaurant across the street). Go figure.
carrizo 2 (25)

carrizo 2 (25)

17 Nov 2002 69
Here's the town center we forgot to get pics of last time. It was built to promote the 7,000 parcels of land that were never sold. The restaurant and store were shut down (the store had re-opened when I was there in 2007).
carizzo (24)

carizzo (24)

17 Nov 2002 39
Here's one looking southeast. This is like a Death Valley in miniature. A long diagonal valley, blocked on the east and west by ranges, with all water ultimately drying out in the center. There is even a Bitterwater Road instead of a Badwater Road.
carrizo 2 (27)

carrizo 2 (27)

17 Nov 2002 53
The gas station is shut down. It looks like a caretaker may be living in a trailer out back.
carrizo 2 (30)

carrizo 2 (30)

17 Nov 2002 58
We took SR 58 east out over the Tremlors this time to McKittrick, then SR 33 north for spell before getting back on I-5. First time seeing all these acres of oil wells back in here.
carrizo 2 (19)

carrizo 2 (19)

17 Nov 2002 39
Heading south to Soda Lake, a seasonal lake that becomes an alkalai sink in the summer.
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