Jeff Nicholson's photos

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07 Feb 2010 55
Drove through Mohave National Preserve. We didn't see any good access roads for camp before exiting the park, then almost got stuck in a sand trap offroad outside the park north of Amboy, CA. With night falling we parked between a couple lava flows at the Amboy Crater park (which they have since fenced off because of people like us).
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07 Feb 2010 39
Then took SR 190 east to SR 127 south. I think that's Dumont Dunes in the distance.
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07 Feb 2010 69
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07 Feb 2010 56
Backtracked up to Zabriskie Point.
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07 Feb 2010 49
Took SR267 to SR190 to Badwater Road then Artist's Pallete loop in the center of the park.
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07 Feb 2010 54
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07 Feb 2010 63
We toured the northern part of the valley and I was completely blown away. The pictures can't begin to capture it.
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07 Feb 2010 70
Here's a shot from our little beer hike up the ridge looking down on the tiny car. Death Valley National Park, with its established campgrounds, was only a few minutes away, but Andrew was teaching me the ways of BLM style camping.
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07 Feb 2010 58
It was a little freaky for me that first time having Andrew drive our rental car up a desert wash. Now it's old hat.
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07 Feb 2010 70
Old bunkhouse at the mill with the surreal mini ranges in the background that seems like caterpillars crawling along the playa.
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07 Feb 2010 61
South to Scotty's Junction then south on SR 267 to Bonnie Claire Flat. The ghost town is barely visible above the car and possibly had one resident so we didn't snoop too close.
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07 Feb 2010 61
Behind us was an old gold or tungsten mine stamp mill site. It was time to start thinking about camp.
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07 Feb 2010 43
The Goldfield cemetery shows how large the mining town was in its glory days.
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07 Feb 2010 44
At the time I didn't even know the name of the 14,000 foot White Mountain peak behind me, or that I would hike it in 2009, and propose to my wife at the base camp!
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07 Feb 2010 57
Now in the desert proper, the Benton range is ahead with the Whites behind them.
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08 Feb 2010 52
Took HWY 6 east to HWY 95 south and stopped at Goldfield, NV (a near-ghost town with some residents).
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08 Feb 2010 65
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23 Jan 2009 42
Adding tequila to the nightly beer led to fire jumping!
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