February 23-26, 2019 Shoshone to Tecopa, California

High 50's and sunny. The hikers made it to Shoshone around 3 pm. I drove to Las Vegas and picked up Bec, another hiker who joins the group for the second half of the hike.

Snow on the pass to Las Vegas. Fortunately the roads have melted off since the big snowstorm on Thursday. Sunset tonight in Shoshone. 

Dinner tonight was left overs from the Death Valley Junction dinner. Judy made a nice salad. John, Judy D, Judy P and Bec. Evening light on the phragmites.   

Sunset and some cool rocks I saw hiking around today. Rock sandwich, fossils or crystals, cool designs , a horse graffiti and a crack that looks like an EKG tracing. 

I hiked the leg of the B2B from Shoshone to Tecopa with the group.  Judy behind  me on the old railroad grade. Lunch near a collapsed railroad bridge.

Judy and Bec hiking by the remains of an old railroad bridge abutment. A close up of the old railroad bridge abutment.  

John and Judy trucking along. John, Judy and Bec in sight of Tecopa. Alison and Judy D are way in the distance to the right. 

There is this tangle of river arroyos in the foreground but the light was totally wrong to get a good shot of them. Bec, Judy and John way ahead walking over the white salt deposits.

A view of Grimshaw lake and Tecopa peak in the distance. The Resting Springs and Nopah ranges over the wild hot spring area. 

Crystallized salt deposit on the ground, A Rock N' Chair, and some desert art found on the railroad grade.  

Our room at the top and happy hour in front of the other two rooms at the Tecopa Hot Springs Resort, our destination for the night. We had a wonderful meal at the Steak and Beer in Tecopa. Liz, Susan, Judy D, Bec and Judy P around the table. Behind them Eric proprietor and cook behind the bar and John. 

Tues morning the group headed out. Judy D, Tanya, Bec, Judy P and John in front of their rooms. In front of the Tecopa Hot springs resort sign are Judy D, Bec, Tanya, me, John and Judy P. They will walk 13 miles thru Amargosa Canyon to Sperry today. I got a massage and sat in the hot springs. Tomorrow I will pick up John and Tanya by the Dumont Dunes. The rest of the group will hike into Death Valley to Badwater by Sunday.