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CA - Saline Valley

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West of Death Valley but now (mostly) also in the national park. Including the road from the turnoff at the Big Pine road all the way south thru Grapevine Canyon. It gives a flavor of the old Death Valley, without the tourists and Park Service infrastructure. On 60+ miles of dirt road I passed one other car (a ranger), and saw two cars parked, at Saline Dunes. Not your usual California experie…  (read more)
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Saline Valley dunes

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And a couple of stressed-looking creosote bushes. Saline Valley is a downdropped fault-bounded valley (a graben) west of Death Valley. It's now also in Death Valley National Park, and gives a flavor of what Death Valley was like before the tourists and the Park Service infrastructure. In 60+ miles of rough dirt road I passed one other vehicle (a ranger), and saw two cars parked here at the dunes.
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