Kay's Photo Journal - Recent Activities

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3/6/2014  Damsel & Pincushion Peaks, Red Rock, NV (12.4 miles) - It was in my bucket list for while and wanted to climb both peaks in one day. Harlan took me to easier way, nothing easy those peaks, and I made it both peaks in one day, Thank You Harlan. 6th row rightmost two photos are courtesy by Harlan Stockman.

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3/2/2014  Palen Mountain, CA (5 miles) - The Palen Mt was very rocky mountain, most of the time we were top of the rocks. Flowers are just started to blooming, bonus was the Desert Five-Spot that my first time to saw it. 3rd row rightmost photo was from the Midland Ghost town CA, a hat tree.    Download GPS Files

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3/1/2014  False Maria Mountain, CA - The view of the False Maria Mt from the Big Maria Mt was impressive, and vise versa. The distance between the Big Maria and False Maria is less than one mile. We can see the wide range of view even we saw the Colorado River and AZ side.

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3/1/2014  Big Maria Mountain, CA (5.5 miles) - The distance is include both Big Maria and False Maria Mts. All 6 of us met at the summit of the Big Maria, where we started diffierent times. Lack of sleep because awful storong wind that made uncertainty to complete the hike or not, but made it.   Download GPS Files

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2/19/2014  Albertross Airplane Crash Site, Death Valley National Park, CA (2 miles) - The distance is from the Towne Peak, total distance from TH was 10 miles. All 6 crews survived 1952 airplace crash, and they walk away alive that amazed me to visit. The location is steep mountain side, west of the Towne Peak.

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2/19/2014  Towne Peak, Death Valley National Park, CA (8 miles) - Up and down few times to get this gentle peak. There are many survey BM every 1/4 miles or so to indicate the direction but not name of the destinatios, I never see so many. The view was very nice wide range view from the summit.

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2/18/2014  Skidoo Ghost Mining Town, Death Valley National Park, CA - The old picture indicated there were town in the open field, currently nothing left except old empty cans. Produced $1.6 million, I was looing for the mine and found the mountain hill side that north from the ghost town.

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2/17/2014  Hole in the Wall, Death Valley National Park, CA (4 miles) - I hiked to the Slit Canyon from the Hole in the Wall. To bypass the cascade dry falls by climb up steep hillside and back in to the canyon. Sooner I faced an another dry fall that was my end of the canyon hike. The color of the Hole in the Wall rocks changed by location of the Sun.

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2/16/2014  West Side Road, Death Valley National Park, CA - There are so many side dirt roads leading toward to the mountain sides from this West Side Road. This is over 40 miles of the dirt road located west side of the Badwater Road. Very nice closer mountains view.

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2/15/2014  Scotty's Canyon, Death Valley National Park, CA (8 miles) - This is the Scotty's hideaway canyon, whenever he needed to hide/relax, he was here. Also he said found a gold in Death Vally that refere to this canyon. Seems to canyon end at the large waterfall but not the case his hideaway place located above that.

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2/14/2014  Warm Springs Camp, Death Valley National Park, CA - This mine was the largest talc, used for painting and roofing material, producing mine in the western United States and one of the most profitable mine in the Death Valley owned by single lady Louise Grantham. The dirt road changes to 4x4 road from this area.

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2/14/2014  Ashford Mill Ruins, Death Valley National Park, CA - It was a gold processing mill and located roadside of the Badwater Road and the foot of the Ashford Canyon. Only couple base of the building structures are remined.

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2/13/2014  Funeral Peak, Death Valley National Park, CA (10 miles) - I was excited to found the petroglyphs and try to find some more, so that I hike up to the canyon but I didn't find. However I found the easier way to the peak, where rocks are all over but relatively less rocks to climb up the peak that was bonus. The distance was longer than expected.

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2/12/2014  Greenwater Canyon North, Death Valley National Park, CA (5.3 miles) - I was hoping to find the pictographs, which located north side of the Greenwater canyon. Unfortunately I couldn't find it but I enjoyed exploring there. The last photo is the mining claim post, the claim paper in the jar atop of the pole.

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2/9/2013  Las Vegas Spring Festival Parade, NV - This parade include 'Chinese New Year in Desert' and celebrate year of horse. There are all kind shows on the Fermont Street stage all day long today. There is a food corner for variety of Asian foods that near the stage. Nice sunny weather, parade, good food and nice shows, LV has all.

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2/7/2013  Beatle's Party - it's the 50th anniversary of the Beatles arrival to America Party at Susan's house. Everyone wear the 60's clothing. Actual Strawberry Field was sad place but US translates into wonderful strawberry and chocolate dessert. Professionally created Beatles cookies, I got a John, I don't eat it instead of using for decoration.

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2/7/2013  Malpais Flattop Mesa, AZ (8.5 miles) - The gorgeous view was more than expected, Colorado River devided Nevada and Arizona that harmony was breathtaking. We fount cairn and old registry at the not highest point, wonder why? We signed up to the new registry at the HP, which Chris placed it.   GPS Trail File   GPS Road File

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