California Desert Trip, February 2001

Click to see Sunrise-BakerCA.jpg Let's start with a page from my bookmarks for the trip, primarily for the Mojave National Preserve and Death Valley National Park. Several links are to sites with great photos of the area.
Click to see DeathValleySandDunes.jpg The vastness of the desert invites panorama photography. You just can't take it all in with a single frame.
Click to see MojavePreserve.jpg Our first few days were in the new Mojave National Preserve.
Click to see KelsoDunes.jpg The Kelso Dunes were a unique experience the next day.
Click to see DantesView-DeathValley.jpg A typical first view of Death Valley is from Dantes View, on the east side of the valley. You're at a 5000+ foot elevation, looking over a -280 foot elevation valley to mountains in the 12,000 foot range.
Click to see TwentyMuleTeamCanyon.jpg The best way to see the Park is to take the side roads and then get out and walk.
Click to see DeathValleySandDunes.jpg A late afternoon walk with a Park ranger took us out in the dunes for the sunset.
Click to see DeathValleySunset.jpg Posted 3/6/01; updated 3/15/01 and ...

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