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Death Valley - February, 2003 Death Valley - "Unpaved" The OTHER Death Valley - The park most never see What? A deluge in Death Valley? Are you SERIOUS?

This was my first time in my favorite park with an off-road vehicle (My Kawasaki KLR650, what a sport-utility vehicle SHOULD be). I went with Brian, a buddy of mine; our intent was to cover as many dirt roads in the parks as possible. As you see from the photos, the first day was gorgeous, but they got steadily less hospitable. By the third night, rain was coming down in amounts I'd never dreamed of seeing in Death Valley. It received at least an inch of rain in a 24-hour period- That's 1/2 of the typical annual rainfall! As you will see, our entire campground was flooded, and we eventually gave up camping and got a room in Furnace Creek. All of the unpaved roads were closed, and we left a day early. Many rangers said that it had been more than 20 years since rain fell like that, and that people will be talking about the storm for decades to come.

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Fading sun in Furnace Creek	Texas Spring campground	Our campsite	Our campsite	Brian with bikes in Echo Canyon	Hardy bush in Echo Canyon
Rock cairn in Echo Canyon	Rock cairn in Echo Canyon	Brian with bikes in Echo Canyon	Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine
Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine
Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine
Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine	Main mine shaft	Main mine shaft	Main mine shaft
Main mine shaft	Main mine shaft	Kelly by main shaft	Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine	Inyo Mine
Echo Canyon	Echo Canyon	Echo Canyon	Echo Canyon	Echo Canyon	Echo Canyon
Echo Canyon	Twenty Mule Team Canyon	Twenty Mule Team Canyon	Twenty Mule Team Canyon	Twenty Mule Team Canyon	Twenty Mule Team Canyon
Twenty Mule Team Canyon	Twenty Mule Team Canyon	Twenty Mule Team Canyon	Twenty Mule Team Canyon	Twenty Mule Team Canyon	Twenty Mule Team Canyon
Road to Red Amphitheatre	Road to Red Amphitheatre	Road to Red Amphitheatre	Road to Red Amphitheatre	Road to Red Amphitheatre	Road to Red Amphitheatre
Road to Red Amphitheatre	Road to Red Amphitheatre	Road to Red Amphitheatre	Road to Red Amphitheatre	Road to Red Amphitheatre	Red Amphitheatre
Lookout Above Red Amphitheatre	Lookout Above Red Amphitheatre	Lookout Above Red Amphitheatre	Lookout Above Red Amphitheatre	Road to Red Amphitheatre	Hole In The Wall
Road to Red Amphitheatre	Road to Red Amphitheatre	Stovepipe Wells Sunset	Stovepipe Wells Sunset	Stovepipe Wells Sunset	Stovepipe Wells Sunset
Stovepipe Wells Sunset	Stovepipe Wells Sunset	Scavenger Ravens	Road to Keane Wonder mine	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins
Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins
Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins
Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Kean Wonder Mine Ruins
Kean Wonder Mine Ruins	Chloride City loop	Chloride City loop	Titus Canyon	Titus Canyon	Titus Canyon
Titus Canyon	Titus Canyon	Titus Canyon	Titus Canyon	Titus Canyon	Titus Canyon
Titus Canyon	Titus Canyon	Titus Canyon	Titus Canyon	Titus Canyon	Rain in Furnace Creek!
Cloud blanket	Socked-in Badwater	Socked-in Badwater	Socked-in Badwater	Natural Bridge	Ancient waterfall traces
Path to natural bridge	Path's natural floor covering	Path's natural floor covering	Gloom heading back to road	Devil's Golf Course	Devil's Golf Course
Devil's Golf Course	Devil's Golf Course	Downpour at the Inn	Downpour at the Inn	Downpour at the Inn	Watch where you walk!
Our campground has changed!	Our campground has changed!	Snow at the Kilns	Snow at the Kilns	River at the Kilns	The Kilns
The Kilns	The Kilns	The Kilns	The Kilns	The Kilns	The Kilns
The Kilns	Zero visibility in Wildrose Canyon	Zero visibility in Wildrose Canyon