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Death Valley #463168 03/30/05
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 665 Nevada NevadaDan OP Campfire Regular
OP NevadaDan Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 665 Nevada	Living about six hours north of Death Valley, I've made several trips there this year to see the flowers. I hadn't been there in 17 years. I think I found a new winter hiking spot <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> To those who understand what a desert usually looks like this year is truely exceptional. I've only uploaded a few of the pic's. -Just thought I'd share a little of the scenery. Looking South towards Badwater (282 feet below sea level) Flowers The shot everybody took (News Crew Mecca), Jubilee Pass What�s a desert w/o Sand Dunes? -Gotta picture somewhere of my eighty year old father, with a three foot stick, poking it down the animal holes in the dunes trying to scare up a side winder. No luck though! (I took him down on the second trip)

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Re: Death Valley #463169 04/01/05
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 16,740 littoral North Carolina shreck Campfire Ranger
shreck Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 16,740 littoral North Carolina	Cool photo's. SOmetimes I miss the desert. The sunsets were always nice. A government is the most dangerous threat to man�s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

Re: Death Valley #463170 04/04/05
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 61,130 gone V VAnimrod Campfire Kahuna
VAnimrod Campfire Kahuna V Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 61,130 gone	WOW! Great pics, and thanks much for sharing!

Re: Death Valley #463171 04/05/05
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 923 COCKED Campfire Regular
COCKED Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 923	Great Pictures, Been thinking about going there for some time now. You have just convinced me! Regards, CaliforniaDan

Re: Death Valley #463172 04/06/05
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 665 Nevada NevadaDan OP Campfire Regular
OP NevadaDan Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 665 Nevada	Thanks everyone. Shreck, on missing the desert, I can relate, I surely do miss the oceans. Just a general (precautionary) note on Death Valley, its still a desert. We had a secratery from work go there because of all the media attention, she came back pretty disappointed, but then she doesn't care a whole lot for the desert either. The bottom country (valley) is going to be hot now. Here's a pretty good link for flower updates. Click on California, then Death Valley. http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/wildupdates.html The National Park Service page, with weather (temperature) reports, etc. - http://www.nps.gov/deva/index.htm

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Re: Death Valley #463173 04/07/05
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 16,740 littoral North Carolina shreck Campfire Ranger
shreck Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 16,740 littoral North Carolina	NevadaDan, I got a chance to see the painted desert during a rainstorm. WOW. When I was at 29 Palms we used to tool around in Joshua Tree and the desert between 29 Palms and Vegas. We had a shortcut, desert roads that came out somewhere 10 miles from Vegas. Having grown up on the coast I thought it was great. I recall six of us going climbing into some beautiful canyon, I think it was posted, something about property of the university of Califosomethingorother, two coolers of beer and snacks, it was great. I still have photo's. A government is the most dangerous threat to man�s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

Great Pictures Dan.... #463174 04/07/05
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 67 POW Alaska Alaskan454 Campfire Greenhorn
Alaskan454 Campfire Greenhorn Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 67 POW Alaska	Thanks for the great pic's Dan...The wildflowers in Arizona were recently shown on the evening news....it was mentioned that in places it was something that hadn't been seen in many years due to recent rains.... you said you missed the ocean...this isn't quite ocean, the Pacific is 125 miles due west of here over the Chilkat Range and past Mt Fairweather... This is home spring,summer and fall...on the beach on the right..... looking south toward Juneau which is 60 water-miles. Eldred Rock Lighthouse (below)...south of Haines about 30 miles.....this is looking back north toward Haines...

Re: Great Pictures Dan.... #463175 04/08/05
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 10,913 Likes: 8 West Kelowna, B.C. P Partsman Campfire Outfitter
Partsman Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 10,913 Likes: 8 West Kelowna, B.C.	They are all great pictures, thanks for sharing them. "The 375HH is the greatest level of power you can get for the investment in recoil." (JJHack) 79s and losttrail, biggest waste of air.

Re: Great Pictures Dan.... #463176 04/08/05
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 290 Wyoming M mrfisher59 Campfire Member
mrfisher59 Campfire Member M Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 290 Wyoming	Great pictures...Thanks "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away."

Re: Great Pictures Dan.... #463177 04/08/05
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 16,740 littoral North Carolina shreck Campfire Ranger
shreck Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 16,740 littoral North Carolina	Welcome 454, is every shooter in Alaska a member now? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> A government is the most dangerous threat to man�s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

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Re: Great Pictures Dan.... #463178 04/12/05
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 665 Nevada NevadaDan OP Campfire Regular
OP NevadaDan Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 665 Nevada	Alasken 454, Like Shreck said welcome to the campfire. Great picture of Haines. While everybody thinks of salmon and halibut, looking at that coastline, I'll bet the fishing is pretty good for black bass, and rock fish too. Shreck, Quote I recall six of us going climbing into some beautiful canyon, I think it was posted, something about property of the university of Califosomethingorother, two coolers of beer and snacks, it was great. I still have photo's. I remember those days,what fun!!! Then I got married, had kids and had to get serious (and bored)... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Re: Great Pictures Dan.... #463179 04/12/05
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 67 POW Alaska Alaskan454 Campfire Greenhorn
Alaskan454 Campfire Greenhorn Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 67 POW Alaska	Thanks to both of you.... Looks like a mis-step at photobucket took out the Eldred Lighthouse picture...now I know which picture that I clicked the Delete on by mistake.... Eldred Rock Lighthouse.... between Haines and Juneau Alaska. This would be looking north in Lynn Canal back toward Haines about 30 miles.....

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