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Desert / Ghost Town Trek #57a

Death Valley West Side Road Canyons, Death Valley Junction military ruins, April 2021.
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08 Apr 2021 40
Twelfth trek to Death Valley starts in the Mojave, camping off of Basin Road, near the head of Afton Canyon.
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09 Apr 2021 40
On to the main event, which is the Panamint Mountain canyons accessible from the West Side Road in Death Valley.
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09 Apr 2021 27
The dirt West Side Road has several spurs heading west. First attempt is the straight shot to the Queen of Sheba Mine.
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09 Apr 2021 37
I got about three miles up the five mile road, but it was just too punishing. I've popped a tire doing rock crawls at 5 mph instead of patiently crawling, so I don't want to push it.
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09 Apr 2021 42
Telephoto pics of the Queen of Sheba Mine ruins.
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09 Apr 2021 41
Next is the Warm Springs Canyon Road, which goes all the way over and past Butte Valley into Panamint Valley.
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The road starts out good, naturally.
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09 Apr 2021 34
The beginning of Warm Springs Canyon.
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09 Apr 2021 40
Greeted by tired burros.
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Mine ruins, as expected.
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