Thursday, February 25, 2016

February 23-25, 2016 Shoshone to Death Valley, California

It has cooled off for a few days into the 70’s, but still sunny and beautiful.

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Evening light on downtown Shoshone was lovely as I started out on a short hike by the river for sunset. Gravel ghost buds, dried mud patterns and Alysium.

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I took this panorama of the sunset then was suprised to find it all reflected in the river as I crossed back over.

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More river sunset. When I got back Jeff our friend from Colorado who also lives on the road in his van Barley was visiting. He said we fed him last time he visited so he came back. We fed him again. Last week  he fell and twisted his knee too. He is elevating it here. I think his is  not as bad as mine because he was still doing some  short hikes. I don’t think I could have walked that far just a week after my twist.

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Judy is still on the B2B hike. This is her licence plate on her car. John , I and a couple friends hiked in a short distance to camp a night with her. My knee is better!!

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The flowers have even gotten better if that is possible.

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Amargosa River with some desert golds. John and Susan hiking along the river to meet Judy on her B2b hike.

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We hiked through fields and valleys of wild flowers. Patrick is the dot in the right of the first photo and John is in the middle of the second one.

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Patrick and Susan hiking along the dry lake bed we camped beside. John setting our tent up in a field of wild flowers.

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Judy in front of her tent with a mule shoe that was found on a possible 20 mule team route through the valley. Our tent is in the back ground. Me shaking a leg in the sunset on the playa of the the dry lake. Really a beautiful place to camp.

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Judy and Patrick by Judy’s tent in the wild flowers at last light. Back lit evening primrose and crypanthia in the morning light.

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Hillsides and valleys of flowers. Ducks on the Amargosa river.

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