Saturday, January 19, 2013

Racetrack, sand dunes, and ghost towns

The Mesquite Dunes
 

Teakettle junction on the way to the Racetrack
 


1939 Jeanette

moving rocks at the Racetrack
 

another moving rock on the Racetrack playa
 

two rocks racing each other
 

The Racetrack playa in Death Valley National Park

Jeanette atop the "Grandstand" at the Racetrack

Leadfield, a ghost town in Titus Canyon (they mined silver and lead here)


The Panamint Dunes
 




The Panamint Valley from the dunes
 

Jon and Jeanette resting on the dunes

Jeanette's shadow
 

beautiful, untouched sand
 

remnants of the ghost town of Skidoo
 

the old mill at Skidoo, high up in the Panamint mountains
 

Jeanette with Jon creeping out of the mine