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June 20, 2011
Eureka Dunes
On Sunday I took off on my own and drove to the Eureka Dunes. I'd never been to Eureka Valley It's so empty it makes Death Valley look like Times Square. I want to try camping there some time. The pavement reaches right to the bottom of Eureka Valley and then turns into a very well maintained dirt road on which I could do 50 MPH. Then it was ten miles down another road that was almost as good.
I guess I should say the Eureka Dunes, which rise 700 feet, are the highest in California.
All my photos of the Eureka Dunes.
After visiting the dunes, I decided to continue eastwards on Death Valley Road. This was not a trip I had planned in advance and I had no paper map, but I had my GPS and my vague memory of where the roads in this northern part of the park went. In case of disaster I had days worth of food and water with me, but I had no extra gasoline. So I worried a bit when I got to "Crankcase Junction" and saw what appeared to be 20 or 30 miles of dirt road stretching out before me in a part of the park where I'd never been before. Fortunately, I did not turn into one of those statistics of stupid people showing up dead in Death Valley - this time. I arrived at Furnace Creek with gas still in the tank.
Filed under California,Photography | permalink | June 20, 2011 at 09:51 PM
Comments
Thankfully no one has the sorry task of blogging about your demise. Over the years you have over and over proved your desert hiker creds.
Posted by: burner at Jun 21, 2011 11:53:42 AM
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