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| Goff & Fish Canyons -
Panamint Valley and Surprise Canyon 11/23/14
daytrip |
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| Telescope Peak 11,049'
elevation (left
distant)
Brigs Mine 1,500' elevation (Center
across Panamint Valley) |
| Dave and I did a day trip out
past Trona and through part of the southern Panamint Valley. We lucked
out and blindly took P68 out of the sand quarry area. It brought us over
and down to the Panamint Valley across from the Brigs Mine. We also hit
part of a route used by February 1850 pioneers on their way out of Death
Valley. (The other part of the original party got caught by winter up
near Donner Pass and resorted to cannibalism to survive.) A couple of
light storms had hit the Panamint Mountains and Limekiln Spring was
flowing hard in lower Surprise Canyon. It was nice having more than one
vehicle for a change. (I spend a lot of time out alone) |
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| Fish Canyon marker |
Fish Canyon burros (first white one I've seen) |
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| I like the erosion patterns in some of the ancient raised
seabed in Panamint Valley, now towering thousands of feet above the
Panamint Valley floor. |
Herrin City Bus Lines Inc
(There is a Herrin City in Illinois but I doubt they drove it to the
Panamint Valley, then again Mason claimed he flew his school bus up into
nearby Goler Wash) |
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| Part of old Ballarat |
Dave in Surprise Canyon |
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