The Girls at Teakettle Junction
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In the RV park getting ready for a run
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Ira, Addie and Faria (the dog) getting ready for an adventure
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Hey! I thought Ira was going to drive this leg...
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70 miles out of camp and East of Big Pine. Head wind all the way. Each buggy used almost 4 gallons of gas just to get from Lone Pine to Big Pine!
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The contrasts and beauty of the desert never cease to amaze me
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75 miles in, the pavement ends in Eureka Valley. Time to air down
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The black dot in the middle is the truck that sheared 4 of 5 wheel bolts on one wheel. When we got home that afternoon, I called the Highway Patrol who said they already went out to get the guy
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Eureka Dunes. Tallest sand dunes on the continent is my understanding. Something over 600' from base to peak
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The little dots on the dune are people climbing to the top!
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Again the contrast between the smooth whitness of the dunes and the rough undulating dark mountains was incredible.
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A look at the dunes from the other side
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One last look before entering the narrow canyon ahead
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Our lunch spot on the trail
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Somebody's waiting VERY patiently for their lunch...
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Mel thought he might have an issue with a valve tightening up on him, so he adjusted it in the field
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Just relaxin... Hey, only another 130 miles to go!
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After coming down Marble Bath on our way in to Saline Valley, Ira got a little wild and crazy and sliced a sidewall on the sharp rock.
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No time to get the jack out, so he just put it up on 3 wheels. Worked like a charm. Tire changed in no time
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Found our way to the upper springs. Moments after this, Addie took a little unexpected dip! Daddy-Oh caught her before anything could happen, and got her a change of clothes before she knew what happened
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This is where we came from (up by the saddle about 10 miles away)
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And that is where we're going... Another 10 miles to go just to get to the valley floor!
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Here we are at the middle springs. The ladies were trying to check out the naked men camped here, and the guys were checking out the truck. No THAT's an off road ride!
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Gas and Tires only guys... Gene's pit crew hard at work!
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A look down into another valley as we climb out of Saline Valley
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Here is the group for Saturday's official Manx Club run to the Race Track.
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The beginning of Lippencott Mine Road was rough. Dale heard something wrong with the front of his buggy. A quick stop, and a minor repair and we were off to the next portion of our adventure
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After climbing the steep, rocky windey Lippencott Mine Road for something like 6 miles, we finally reach the summit.
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3 1/2 miles later, we reach the Race Track Playa. You can see the Grandstand in the middle. Anyone see a boulder slide by here? Keep your eyes open... This was oour lunch spot for Saturday. This gave some time to explore, and Gene time to fix a tire
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The plaque describingthe significance of the Race Track
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Our Texas heros at Teakettle Junction about 5 miles up from the Race Track
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Stopped for a minor mechanical issue on one of the buggies. This was about as far out as we got. Some 75 miles to the nearest services
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Waiting for our sweep car to arrive. He had some motor issues, but did make it back under his own power. Don wasn't so fortunate with an unknown intermittent problem. He got towed from here back to camp
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Here comes Gene towing Don now
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Everyone made it back successfully. Time for a great potluck!
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Mona brought out the fancy margarita station. The thing practically makes the drinks by itself!
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Redbuggy made it to the run too. One humble stop in an almost round the world trip.
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Bruce enjoying the potluck too
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I estimate that there was over 60 people at the potluck! I'd call that a success.
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Sunday's outing. Dale and Mel coming down the little squeeze in the Alabama Hills.
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Now it's Ed and Mel's turn... Wait, Did someone go around again?!
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Mike crawling down a rough spot
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and pretty steep too
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here's Dale AGAIN (I think he went around 4 times!... Or was it 5?...) He had a chessire cat grin on his face the whole time
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Ed in the technical part again
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Mel didn't want to be left behind, so... down he goes again!
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A view of the terrain in the Alabama hills. It looks like another planet in some spots.
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What goes down, must come up..... ahh.... errr... Anyway, Dale decided to do it, so we all did it. It was actually easier to go up than it was to go down
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We found another little technical area to try our luck on... Down was OK, but...
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...up didn't work very well. Dale just threw a bunch of dirt into the air. When the dust cleared, he was still there.
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