Valley of Fire – Day 1 We left Buffington Pockets in time to get to Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada, at sunrise. The road into Buffington Pockets follows a dry wash, and was very rough. Driving back out was a crawl, and made it hard to drink my coffee, without wearing it. Once …
Petroglyph Area I awoke before the sunrise, and headed back to the petroglyph area for further exploration. The photograph below shows a different view of Falling Man, which is in the upper right corner of the image below, in the desert varnish (darker stains on the rock). Notice how far up Falling Man is, it …
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It was late March 2023 in the Mojave Desert, we explored Little Finland, the day before and this morning. After that, we drove to the Seven Keyholes Canyon for a short hike. After hiking the canyon, and looking for petroglyphs, we had lunch and made our way to the petroglyph area west of Whitney Pockets. …
My wife was on spring break, take me somewhere warm, she said, and my grandson wanted to go camping. I love exploring the back country, so I picked out Gold Butte National Monument, in Nevada, as our first stop. We left Eugene, at around 2:00 pm, driving over two mountain passes with packed snow. After …
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