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Darwin Plateau Loop September 24-25, 2020
Though she wanted me to open the passenger door for her.
Smokey Owens Valley looking east towards Darwin Plateau	Blue sky at Wildrose Charcoal Kilns at close to 7,000'.
Traffic counter cable for burros? (They are supposed to be removing them from Death Valley NP. I saw ten or more on the road up from Panamint Valley to the the Wildrose Campground. There was a trap for them last time I was up Trona Wildrose Road but it is gone now)	9,064' Wildrose Peak from the 8,100' shoulder of Telescope Peak (The only summit the wife made with me. She carried her 28 pound miniature schnauzer Kaiser half way  back down from the summit because he ran out of gas)
I went 100 miles north in the Owens Valley and it was still terribly smoky. Turned east and spent the night on the Darwin Plateau where at least I could see some stars. I tried to camp the next night at Mahogany Flats Campground on the shoulder of Telescope Peak but it was too crowded. Death Valley and Panamint Valley were full of smoke. I ended up at Thorndyke Campground which is between the kilns and the campground-trailhead on the ridge.  The insects were horrible and Mya suffered until after sundown. Her water bowl doubled as a community pool and I was the lifeguard. The yellow jackets were practicing synchronized swimming and weren't very good at it. Bailed without breakfast because the yellow jackets were up early. There are 3 picnic tables just down Trona-Wildrose Road from Wildrose Campground where I had breakfast two days in a row.
If you are coming up Trona-Wildrose Road from Panamint Valley it is the first shady place along the road.
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