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Charles Manson’s Cabin Ride

Heidi Faller Posted onFebruary 27, 2021February 27, 2021 California, Death Valley National Park, Mountain Biking Leave a Comment 20 Views

There seem to be endless gravel roads that head up canyons in Death Valley though some are longer than others. We rode up Goler Canyon one day to Barker Ranch and back. Our ride was 15 miles with 2530’...

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Aguereberry Point

Heidi Faller Posted onFebruary 27, 2021February 27, 2021 California, Death Valley National Park, Gravel biking Leave a Comment 24 Views

Derek and I rode our bikes up to Aguereberry Point. We started from the Wildrose Campground and rode out and back for a total of 33 miles with 3745’ of climbing. The first half of the road is on...

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Trona Pinnacles

Heidi Faller Posted onFebruary 27, 2021February 27, 2021 California, hiking, Pinnacles Leave a Comment 31 Views

The desert has more than its fair share of pinnacles. The Trona Pinnacles are famous though!  The Trona Pinnacles are located where an ancient lake bed used to be and represent a unique geological landscape. Over 500 of these...

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Wildrose Peak Hike

Heidi Faller Posted onFebruary 27, 2021February 27, 2021 California, Death Valley National Park, hiking Leave a Comment 20 Views

Back in Bend we loved to eat at Wild Rose Thai; that place had THE BEST Thai food. The hike we did the other day had me thinking about that restaurant the whole way as we hiked up Wildrose...

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Panamint Dunes Hike

Heidi Faller Posted onFebruary 23, 2021February 23, 2021 California, Death Valley National Park, hiking Leave a Comment 56 Views

Death Valley is well known for the Mesquite Dunes at Stovepipe Wells and Derek and I hiked those last time we were here. You can see pictures of that here. In the 2+ years on the road we also...

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El Paso Mountains Ridgecrest

Heidi Faller Posted onFebruary 23, 2021February 23, 2021 California, Mountain Biking Leave a Comment 30 Views

Ridgecrest, CA has a trail network in the El Paso Mountains right up the road from town. We spent a couple hours checking out the trails. For being a local trail network right in town it has pretty fun...

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Pleasant Canyon Ride

Heidi Faller Posted onFebruary 23, 2021February 23, 2021 California, Death Valley National Park, Mountain Biking Leave a Comment 32 Views

Looking at the mountains behind us at camp, it looks like dry and rocky with stripes of minerals swirled around and different rock layers piled up. Looks are deceiving though. From camp we rode up Pleasant Canyon to Clair’s...

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Surprise Canyon Hike

Heidi Faller Posted onFebruary 18, 2021February 18, 2021 California, Death Valley National Park, hiking Leave a Comment 43 Views

Our new spot in Panamint Valley is beautiful! We are alone on BLM land up against big desert mountains like Sentinel Peak (9634′). A couple cars go by during the day as hikers head up to Surprise Canyon Wilderness....

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East Indio Badlands Hike

Heidi Faller Posted onFebruary 16, 2021February 16, 2021 California, hiking Leave a Comment 34 Views

We are totally digging grocery pick-up. Since last February that is how we’ve been getting our groceries and I’m not sure I ever want to go back in a store again. We place an order every two weeks or...

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Robby’s Ridge & Darwin Canyon

Heidi Faller Posted onFebruary 15, 2021February 15, 2021 California, hiking, Joshua Tree National Park Leave a Comment 32 Views

Keys View Keys View is the highest road in Joshua Tree National Park at 5187′. After hiking we drove up to check it out. Panoramic views of the Coachella Valley spread out below and we snapped a couple pictures....

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