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Southern California Club Xterra => Off Topic => Topic started by: RikRong on February 29, 2016, 10:28:17 AM

Title: RikRong's first trip to DV...super-bloom and other pics...
Post by: RikRong on February 29, 2016, 10:28:17 AM
Well, this was my first trip to Death Valley, and needless to say it is one of the most impressive things I've ever seen in my life.  I think I need an entire weekend there to take it all in again.  It was a purely tourist trip, so we took the wife's car for MPG's sake, no off-roading for us on this trip.  Anyway, here are some pics.   O0


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Devil's Golf Course
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Devil's Golf Course
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Title: Re: RikRong's first trip to DV...super-bloom and other pics...
Post by: JFanaselle on February 29, 2016, 11:27:06 AM
Awesome shots, looks so beautiful out there right now. I wish I could make a weekend trip out there sometime during March. This stupid move to the new house is killing all of my fun.  O0
Title: Re: RikRong's first trip to DV...super-bloom and other pics...
Post by: RikRong on February 29, 2016, 11:31:28 AM
Awesome shots, looks so beautiful out there right now. I wish I could make a weekend trip out there sometime during March. This stupid move to the new house is killing all of my fun.  O0
Don't worry, you'll be able to have fun again after the move. ;)
Title: Re: RikRong's first trip to DV...super-bloom and other pics...
Post by: beedee on February 29, 2016, 11:33:55 AM
Great pix man, I'd love to get out there to check that out sooner than later!
Title: Re: RikRong's first trip to DV...super-bloom and other pics...
Post by: JeffBett on February 29, 2016, 11:56:17 AM
I was there a couple of weeks ago and the road up to Warm Springs was completely yellow as far as the eye could see, pretty amazing.
Title: Re: RikRong's first trip to DV...super-bloom and other pics...
Post by: RikRong on February 29, 2016, 12:10:14 PM
Great pix man, I'd love to get out there to check that out sooner than later!
Yeah, definitely get out there before the dead of the summer.  I'm not sure how long the flowers will be around, but there are still small buds that haven't bloomed yet.
I was there a couple of weeks ago and the road up to Warm Springs was completely yellow as far as the eye could see, pretty amazing.
I'm not 100% positive where that's at, Google Maps isn't doing very well at showing it.  We come in on 190 and went south to Badwater Basin and then doubled back. After Stovepipe Wells, the colors were pretty awesome.  As we went further south, the flowers were still good, but not quite as abundant as the north part of the Valley.  We heard many people taking about coming in from Beatty and they said those fields were solid yellow.
Title: Re: RikRong's first trip to DV...super-bloom and other pics...
Post by: JeffBett on February 29, 2016, 02:45:00 PM
Warm Springs road is a cut off miles south of Badwater near the south end of West Side Road.  Its the 4x4 road you can take to get into the back country like Butte Valley, etc.  A friend that works at DV recently posted some images that were really nice...  https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.stoltzfus.7
Title: Re: RikRong's first trip to DV...super-bloom and other pics...
Post by: RikRong on February 29, 2016, 07:43:58 PM
Warm Springs road is a cut off miles south of Badwater near the south end of West Side Road.  Its the 4x4 road you can take to get into the back country like Butte Valley, etc.  A friend that works at DV recently posted some images that were really nice...  https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.stoltzfus.7
Ah, gotcha. We didn't go that far south and we were in the wife's CR-V, which is lowered and not very compatible with anything beyond smooth dirt. Next time I head there, I'll probably take the X so we can go to places less traveled.

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Title: Re: RikRong's first trip to DV...super-bloom and other pics...
Post by: nworker on February 29, 2016, 08:11:27 PM
You will love it!
Title: Re: RikRong's first trip to DV...super-bloom and other pics...
Post by: JFanaselle on February 29, 2016, 09:16:52 PM
Warm Springs road is a cut off miles south of Badwater near the south end of West Side Road.  Its the 4x4 road you can take to get into the back country like Butte Valley, etc.  A friend that works at DV recently posted some images that were really nice...  https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.stoltzfus.7

I'm just going to say it... your friend has my DREAM JOB
Title: Re: RikRong's first trip to DV...super-bloom and other pics...
Post by: Ghost65 on March 01, 2016, 02:34:48 PM
I'm just going to say it... your friend has my DREAM JOB

Agreed!  :)

Great pics again Rick (snow shots earlier this month...), thank you for posting!
Title: Re: RikRong's first trip to DV...super-bloom and other pics...
Post by: RikRong on March 01, 2016, 02:42:35 PM
Agreed!  :)

Great pics again Rick (snow shots earlier this month...), thank you for posting!
As long as I'm capable of getting out and about, there will always be pictures and what good are they if no-one else sees them.  ;D