California Death Valley area

Abandoned motel, Baker, Ca. Why would a motel be called "Royal Hawaiian" and have deer statues?

CA-127, looking north to its climb up Ibex pass. Part of Dumont Dunes OHV is the middle-right side of the pictures.

CA-127 looking south from the climb to Ibex pass. In November, 2014, the BLM announced that it was disproving a solar project that would have covered 24 square miles along this road, at a location just beyond the point where the road turns to the left. The reasoning was that "proposal would have industrialized 24 square miles of “a largely undisturbed valley that supports wildlife, an important piece of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail, and recreational and scenic values.” (see: www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-1121-silurian-rejection-20141121-story.html)

Mud cliffs near Tecopa, taken from CA-127.

Survival of the fittest... abandoned Renault in Darwin, Ca. The nearest Renault dealer would have probably been 200 miles away.

Photos taken around Darwin, CA. Gas pump.

Photos taken around Darwin, CA. Abandoned Renault, apparently a late 1950's model.

Photos taken around Darwin, CA.

Photos taken around Darwin, CA.

Photos taken around Darwin, CA.

Photos taken around Darwin, CA.

Photos taken around Darwin, CA. There's quite a bit of public art scattered around Darwin and I was told that these statues were for sale.

Photos taken around Darwin, CA. There's quite a bit of public art scattered around Darwin and I was told that these statues were for sale.

Photos taken around Darwin, CA. There's quite a bit of public art scattered around Darwin and I was told that these statues were for sale.

Photos taken around Darwin, CA. There's quite a bit of public art scattered around Darwin and I was told that these statues were for sale.

Photos taken around Darwin, CA.

Photos taken around Darwin, CA.

Photos taken around Darwin, CA.