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Panamint Valley and Death Valley Photos

Letterman

NAXJA Forum User
Location
San Jose
Was in Panamint Valley for a few days with some good friends, mostly just to shoot photos and some light wheeling.
Turn off to Ballarat Road:
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A looking point to see where Panamint City is:
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Radar station at the south end of Panimint Valley:
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Ballarat ghost town still has some complete building standing:
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The "Manson Family" abandoned truck is still in good shape:
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The stars were said to be painted by the "Manson Family" at least that is the story from the town caretaker
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One of the two rooms in the town Jail/Hotel:
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Windows could use some cleaning:
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A tiny ore car still on tracks:
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Spare parts:
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Spare body:
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Directions to the canyons:
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I was there:
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Nice warm spring day:
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The one store in town:
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Heading up South Park Canyon:
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The canyon walls are huge, and photos can't even show how big the steep hillsides are:
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Briggs Camp cabins are very well kept up:
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Target practice anyone:
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A few hundered feet above the cabins the hill side bridge is not for the weak hearted:
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Another mine on the high plans atop the Panamint Range still had interesting parts, cars, trucks and tractors left behind to weather in the sun, snow and rain:
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This lisard sat still for over 10 minutes as we all got a good close up shot:
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All the holes gave a Disco Ball feel to the small shack:
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Tractor converted to maybe pump water into or out of the mine shaft:
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A not very well maintained cabin at the top of Pleasant Canyon:
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Heading back down Pleasant Canyon:
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Seems like everyone that comes into town takes photos of the truck:
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Heading up Goler Wash Road, a simple 4x4 can make this trail with a good driver:
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The Canyon Walls make you feel very small:
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The spring flowers made for some great photos:
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Looking back at Panimint as we head to Death Valley:
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Entering Death Valley:
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One of the very last standing buildings of Barker Ranch, the ranch became famous in 1969 when they caught Charles Manson and his "Family" hiding out at the ranch.
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Most of the "Family" ranch is just short stone walls as it was burned to the ground in 2009 by an "Accidental" fire:
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Striped Butte in the valley just over the hill side:
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Russels Camp Cabin just up the hill from Striped Butte:
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From the other side:
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Looking down on Striped Butte:
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Work shed:
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Some more cabins:
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Striped Butte:
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Rock staking:
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Hiking up to look at a birds nest(very top of the shot) got the feathers all ruffled, and the birds started making lots of noise:
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Park Ranger:
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Some nice views:
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Sunday we went up to Jail Mine on Trail Canyon Road, and again we entered Death Valley Park:
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An amazing canyon:
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Still with a very well intact mine:
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Might need to change that belt out:
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Colorful rust:
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Looking down on the mine:
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I think this welding table is better then mine:
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From the other side of the canyon:
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The Panamint Daisy is one of Death Valley's most unique wildflowers:
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Looking back into the Valley showing off his NAXJA shirt:
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Long drive out, but always worth it:
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Thanks for posting those Dave. Incredible place on my short list of places to visit.
 
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