Wildrose to Lee Flat
One valley to the west of Death Valley lies the Panamint Valley. One of the routes through from one to the other goes by way of an old mining town, Wildrose.
I drove through there in a hurry last year and missed the chance of a photo of a grand old cottenwood tree. I told myself I'd be back to collect it.
Well the cottonwood in question didn't make it, but I got some images anyway.
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Before getting to the tree in question there was some road to cover...
Up the hill at Mahogany Flats you'll find a series of old charcoal kilns. They were only in use for about three years (presumably the mine where the charcoal was used to extract ore ran out of the good stuff) but they are well built and still there to see...
From the inside...
At sunset...
The next morning...
Speaking of that tree I set out to find...
Looking back, there are a couple of younger trees coming up to replace the old one...
A photographer who's work I like a lot (Richard Misrach, google him for some intersting stuff) has an image of tumbleweed. I stole that idea for this shot (not tumbleweed, I don't know what the plant is)....
One can spend a while trying to sort that...
The next night I ended up above one of the few remaining Joshua Tree forrests.
Looking back down the alluvial fan from my campsite...
I plan another trip to the trees soon.
Providing things don't erode before I get a chance.
As always, thanks for looking.