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2019 • Drive Through the Desert
02/01/2019 • Owens Valley to Death Valley
• This one-day ride has 5 stops. North from LA to Big Pine, CA, then south to Lone Pine, east to Death Valley. South from Panamint Springs, zig-zagging from through the hills from Trona along the Garlock Fault to highway 14, then south back to LA.
1st part • Lancaster to Ridgecrest along CA-14
• Drove from Mojave, past Red Rock Canyon, past the intersections with CA-178, through Lone Pine, and into Independence.
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2nd part • Dehy Park, Independence, CA
• Took a break here. We can't drive past this place as it is a sort of a sacred spot. Patti had asked that some of her ashes be left here, and so I complied. Now we stop to reflect and remember our daughter, and sister, and aunt. It's a lovely spot to take a break, and to get an undisrupted vista of the Sierras from the valley floor.
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3rd part • Going up Big Pine Creek Road
• Attemped to drive up Big Pine Creek Road to see the valley in snow, but alas, the had a road block with avalanche signs. Yikes!!! That's not something you see everyday.
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4th part • Heading into Death Valley
• Drove from Lone Pine, around Owens Dry Lake, and over the top toward Death Valley. Headed south at Panamint Springs towards Trona.
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5th part • Garlock Fault
• This stretch of road, basically from the area of Ridgecrest, running southwest towards Mojave, ends at CA-14 just south of Red Rock Canyon. The entire valley is fairly unmolested by human corruption. A road and a set of railroad tracks, and only a few buildings. Just my kind of drive!
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