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# Friday, April 26, 2002

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Off-roading in Death Valley

Wow, what a phenomenal trip all thanks to Harold Pietschmann, a very capable off-road instructor.

Here is a map of our three day journey:

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Death Valley Day 1

We started out in Trona California and made it to Beatty Nevada by the end of the day. This was the most driving we did the whole trip, and were glad that the G 500 has such a large gas tank.

We started by driving through Panamint Valley, then through Goler Wash passing by Barker Ranch (Hideout of the infamous Manson family). We then went through Mengel Pass will followed by. Striped Bute. We then passed through Warm Springs Canyon which took us into Death Valley.

The final 90 miles were on pavement, traveling pretty fast (no cops around), we arrived at the Exchange Club Motel in Beatty and had steak. It was a great first day, and we thought we had done a lot, but little did we know all the incredible terrain we'd see in the coming days.

Death Valley Day 2

We left Beatty, Nevada early in the morning and traveled through the stunning Titus Canyon. We saw Ubehebe Crater, which was magnificent. However, it was blowing about 40 mph and we almost got blown away. We then proceeded to drive along some bumpy washboard till we reached "The Racetrack" and saw the moving rocks. It was very interesting, and I snapped some good pics.

After eating lunch at the racetrack we took the very bumpy Lippencott Mine Road down to Saline Valley, which was also stunning. We camped in Saline Valley, right in the sand dunes. When we arrived it was pretty windy which made for difficult tent setup and Jimmy and I ate quite a bit of sand. We spend a beautiful evening out in the Desert where I saw my first Moon Rise.

Death Valley Day 3

In the morning we traversed the salt flats of Saline Valley and the Indian Hot Springs where we saw some naked people. They weren't the best looking naked people in the world, and they seemed a bit surprised to see us! We then parked and hiked for an hour to the Indian Petroglyphs (ancient Indian rock paintings). After we hiked back down we ate some lunch and traveled up to Steele Pass, which was very rocky and slow. We saw marble bath, and then had the most incredible descent down passing Eureka Sand Dunes. Getting down posed the most technical part of the trip and made for quite a few amazing pictures. The ML cars had a bit of difficulty but the G made it down quite easily.

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