We have stayed in Death Valley 15 nights. We can feel the end of the season is
approaching. We talk with Camp Hosts and
visitors who are either already traveling north or will soon. Like us.
We left our campground this morning and headed south to
Wildrose Campground, some 60 miles (some difficult) closer to where we need to
leave to get to our destination on the coast.
On the way we stopped at the Mosaic Canyon trail and walked
two miles up this beautiful canyon. The
park service has built a road to the mouth of the canyon, which means that it
is a popular tourist destination.
And the first mile was a nice tourist hike. The rest was more strenuous, necessitating
rock scrambling and walking along ridges.
We walked into the canyon 1.8 miles (total round trip 3.7) ,
with an elevation gain of 850 feet.
Then we drove to Wildrose Campground, a campground that
doesn’t charge a fee and has been relatively empty both times we have been
here. We will get up early in the
morning and drive to Montana de Oro.
Death Valley Totals:
Hiking Miles: 61
Elevation Gain: 9875
feet
Biking Miles: 90
Biking Gain: 6000
feet
And we danced!
Several times. Right in front of
our camper was a flat, sandy spot that worked pretty well as a dance
floor. We have external speakers on our
camper, and when our end of the campground was empty, we danced and
danced. How cool is that?
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