Saturday, November 24, 2012

1939/dates/Ash Meadows

Bighorn Sheep at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada
 

China Ranch Date Farm in Tecopa, CA - yummy dates!

Ash Meadows NWR
 

Jeanette in her 1939 costume at Scotty's Castle
 

Reservoir at Ash Meadows NWR, Nevada
 

Water in the Desert!  This spring puts out 2400 gallons of water a minute!  Nice home for desert pupfish
 

Sunset at Ash Meadows
 

Saturday, November 10, 2012

My new home - Death Valley

Jeanette and her new ranger friends 282 feet below sea level


Salt flats on the bottom of Death Valley
 


Sea level marker about 300 feet above Badwater Basin
 


Keane Wonder gold mine (abandoned and dangerous!)

My new office - Death Valley Scotty's Castle
 


Charcoal kilns

One of my new favorite types of pine tree, Bristlecone Pine
 

Bristlecone pine on top of Telescope Peak (highest peak in park)

Jeanette with her new friend, a Bristlecone pine tree
For my daddy - 20 mule team borax wagon