In Search of Overlooks, Death Valley (Nov 2019)

Death Valley is not nearby, and yet - it continues to call time after time, urging us to make the 20 hour journey south to explore its wonders. It's hard to say no. That's how - on a Wednesday morning - we found ourselves packed up in the truck and heading towards southern California, excited for the three-and-a-half days we'd have to explore.

With too much planned for the time we had allotted (as always), we had an amazing time (again, as always), even as we confined ourselves to a small corner of the park - Eureka and Saline Valleys. In the end our route led to one dramatic overlook after another, starting at the Crater Sulphur mine and the nearby El Captan Mercury mine, before working down into Eureka Valley and Dunes, Dedeckera Canyon and Steel Pass, and eventually Saline Valley and the Inyo Mountains.

We're most definitely not done with Death Valley - if anything, the urge is stronger than ever to return.

In Search of Overlooks - A Fall Trip to Western Death Valley [P1]

In Search of Overlooks | A Fall Trip to Western Death Valley #1 - Death Valley is not nearby, and yet - it continues to call time after time, urging us to make the 20 hour journey south to explore its wonders. And it's hard to say no. That's how - on a Wednesday morning - we found ourselves packed up in the truck…

Old Roads and Star Trails | In Search of Overlooks #2 - One benefit of going to bed at 7:30pm is that even waking up as the sun crested the Last Chance Range at 6:30am, I got a full night sleep...and then some. And that was a good thing - because even in my attempt to plan reasonable-length days before heading out…

To Thunderbirds and Beyond | In Search of Overlooks #3 - The night air was warm - probably 15°F warmer than it'd been in Eureka Valley - as the stars spun in the clear sky above. It was a great night, tucked away in our quiet, secluded corner of Saline Valley. Once again having gone to bed early, it was no…

Saline Warm Springs & Cerro Gordo: Once is Enough | In Search of Overlooks #4 - Unlike most nights, where the temps seem to drop to their lowest point just before sunrise, our night high in the Inyo Mountains turned out to be just the opposite. At some point, I was so warm that I even removed one of the comforters in order to maintain a reasonably-cozy-and-not-all-sweaty…

Rig Review: Death Valley & Mojave 2019 - What worked and what didn't? - January 4, 2020 Another year of wheeling and camping is in the books. I find myself here writing a rig review as one of 2020's first posts, for the last couple of trips that we took in 2019. By and large, the truck performed well on those trips In Search…

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