Death Valley Tour

[pat in Santa Cruz]

A group of 15 Model A's from Santa Clara Valley Chapter took off for Death Valley last week. Find out what the man in the mirror is doing at the video link below the photo.


IMG_0697 by tiopato2000, on Flickr



link to video of 20 mule team trail:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmnly/5549449231/

Blog link for the whole story: remember, blogs are filed by date. To read chronologically, start at the bottom post:
http://havefordwilltravel.blogspot.com/

more photos will follow on this thread soon.

[pat in Santa Cruz]

IMG_0704 by tiopato2000, on Flickr

more photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7591588...7626241302195/

[pat in Santa Cruz]

this is Randsburg, Ca, located on highway 395. Its a "ghost town" in the sense it was abandoned as a mining town, but folks have moved back in and restored parts of it


IMG_0584 by tiopato2000, on Flickr

[pat in Santa Cruz]

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[pat in Santa Cruz]

in Rhyolite, Nevada


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[pat in Santa Cruz]

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my sedan turns 100 on Tehachapi Pass


death valley selected pics 004 by tiopato2000, on Flickr

[pat in Santa Cruz]

Bad Dog...Bad!!


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[pat in Santa Cruz]

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[Jordan]

looks like a fun trip.

[poweredbylincoln]

that's awesome =) I was in mojave national park last week, were any wildflowers blooming in death valley??

[pat in Santa Cruz]

not too many flowers. There were some along the roads, but the vast valley floor dried out during January's heat wave, and the cold has delayed what flowers will blossom. It will not be as heavy a bloom as 2003 ( or was it 2005?). I saw lots of desert goldfields in Mojave and along East Walker Pass. Highway 33 from Bakersfield to Coalinga, and hwy 25 from Coalinga to Hollister are well on their way to a good bloom. The hill crests are thick in mountain goldfields, the lupines are starting off, there is lots of mustard along 33. California Poppies are just starting in spots. Those 2 highways are spectacular in a good year.
The shot below is mountain goldfields on Walker Pass near Lake Isabella


death valley selected pics 003 by tiopato2000, on Flickr


IMG_0971 by tiopato2000, on Flickr

highway 33 pic by a friend

Mustard - Hwy 33 - 3 25 11 by tiopato2000, on Flickr

another 33 pic by another friend

hiway33 by tiopato2000, on Flickr

[poweredbylincoln]

awesome thank you pat =) I appreciate the pictures and I also greatly appreciate the information on the bloom.

My sister and i were hoping to catch mojave in bloom and didn't get to reach death valley. And I didn't know if we were to early or too late for the bloom

thank you again and i love the photos

[pat in Santa Cruz]

the bloom is late this year due to cold weather. With the last soaking So Cal got and the warm weather due this week, the bloom should be spectacular soon. There's nothing like a top down cruise in your A though wildflower fields

follow these sites for daily reports:

http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/ca.html

http://www.theodorepayne.org/hotline.html