Death Valley trip

[Andy Steiner]

MJR and I spent a couple days exploring Death Valley. He's still out there by himself and I'm certain that his photos will be far better than mine, but for now, all you gots are mine.

Mike took his new truck and I, of course, took purple bumpers.

Came across this old plane just outside Beatty.

Canyon leading to Rhyolite.

Train station

Imagine that...somebody left part of a train out there.

The jail.

With bullet holes in the door.

General store.

Banks. Note the vault is almost completely intact.

 

[Andy Steiner]

The bottle house.

Anheiser Busch beer bottles mostly.

Garden.

Apparently, Spam wasn't big in 1905.

Found some crazy artwork at the Visitor Center.

Now if somebody could explain the relationship of a miner to a penguin, my life would be complete.

 

[Andy Steiner]

Titus Canyon.

Well...maybe next spring.

Went around to the exit and hiked in a bit.

The Badlands

 

[Andy Steiner]

Magic light at Dante's View.

Comedy and photography are both all about timing.

Cool reflections

 

[GrimmJeeper]

nice pics! those sheet people are creepy!

 

[Andy Steiner]

Twenty mule team canyon

Cap'n Jack... er Cap'n Mike.

Furnace Creek Resort.

Mushroom Rock.

Doesn't make a good substitute for a Barcalounger.

Westside Road.

Methinketh the Nuvi is off a wee bit.

 

[Andy Steiner]

Artist's Pallet Canyon

More cool reflections.

No comment.

I had a great time. Rollins is likely having a better time and wishing he had more time to explore.

All my pics at Photobucket.

 

[Southwest Chuck]

Call your life complete. As I recall, William Caruthers, in his book "Loafing Along Death Valley Trails" States that Shorty Harris swore that he saw Penguins following him quite frequently. Of course this only happened when shorty had pulled the cork on one too many bottles. :cheers:

 

[Andy Steiner]

Call your life complete. As I recall, William Caruthers, in his book "Loafing Along Death Valley Trails" States that Shorty Harris swore that he saw Penguins following him quite frequently. Of course this only happened when shorty had pulled the cork on one too many bottles. :cheers:

Now I know the rest of the story.

Thanks!!!

 

[HeepNomad]

crazy looking trip, looks like a blast, nice pics

 

[praetorian]

Great pics, thanks for sharing.

 

[Ryno XJ]

Looks like fun, thanks for sharing the experience.

 

[lazyxj]

MJR and I spent a couple days exploring Death Valley. He's still out there by himself and I'm certain that his photos will be far better than mine, but for now, all you gots are mine.
Mike took his new truck and I, of course, took purple bumpers.

Andy

Nice photos.
Too bad we did not run across you. We got back last night from eight days in DV and Panamint Valley. The weather was clear and with snow on the higher trails.
We noticed a lot fewer visitors than in past years, probably due to the economy. Gas in the Valley and at Panamint Springs Resort was a LOT cheaper than the $5.79 we paid last year.

 

[Gerr]

nice pics I have always wanted to go out there


Please tell me Mike still has the woody??

 

[JESSE A]

That trip looks great! Andy please tell me that you have that trip saved in your gps, i would love to do it.

jesse

 

[Carol.92124]

Looks like you & Mike had a great trip--you took some great shots! Thanks for posting them up, Andy!
Carol

 

[Andy Steiner]

Please tell me Mike still has the woody??

Oh God yes, but this wasn't a wheeling trip as much as it was an expedition trip. So now Mikey has two different rigs each with a specific purpose.

 

[Andy Steiner]

That trip looks great! Andy please tell me that you have that trip saved in your gps, i would love to do it.

For some reason, my Garmin didn't have the topo maps for that region loaded onto it, so after half a day of not seeing a single road on the GPS, I packed it away and put up the Nuvi.

Mike should have his entire trip saved on his GPS.

 

[Original_MudButt]

nice pics! those sheet people are creepy!

That's the last supper....

Great pics!!!!

 

[neonrog]

I used to live in Beatty... Sometimes, I almost miss it. NOT!!! But I miss my weekly drives through DV...