After a long day hiking Lemoigne Canyon, it might seem that we'd be glad that the next trailhead was less than 12 miles away. Unfortunately - despite all the birdseed I've fed the green machine over the years - the Tacoma has yet to grow wings. Forced to use the Death Valley road system - up and over Towne Pass and through Panamint Valley along CA-190, out Saline Valley Road to Hunter Mountain Road, and a few more miles toward Goldbelt Spring - it would take us the better part of three hours to reach camp, high in the Cottonwood…
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I've found no place in all my exploration of Death Valley National Park that I like more than waking up to a view of Striped Butte. You can imagine then - sleeping in our tents less than a mile away - that I had more than one alarm set in order to ensure my alertness when as the sun began to illuminate the sky. With the skies clear after an evening of rain, and before the sun even crested the horizon, I soaked in one of my favorite sights in the world. I spent nearly an hour hopping around behind,…
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