Palm Springs Indian Canyons, Abandoned WWII desert bases, November 2016.
Palm Springs Indian Canyons, Abandoned WWII desert bases, November 2016.
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They say this is the longest palm oasis in the world, about three miles long.
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I stick to the cliff side route going back. Next time I'll take the canyon floor.
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Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains visitor center, south of Palm Desert, CA.
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Up Hwy 74 south from Palm Desert, with views of the desert cities.
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Isolated canyon on the pass over the Santa Rosas.
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Next day went east of Twentynine Palms, CA on Hwy 62. One of the many abandoned Jackrabbit homesteads along the way.
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A really nicely refurbished Jackrabbit Homestead.
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Old and unusual looking headstock affair as we near Gold Crown Road.
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Took Gold Crown Road several miles south as far as we could in a Subaru. I hiked up this ridge to look for the Gold Crown Mine.
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I think this is remnants of the Riley Gold Mine.
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Surprising open pit so near Joshua Tree NP.
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Broken ladder part way down. Yikes.
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Some cool dunes observed from Riley Gold Mine site.
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With telephoto I see Gold Crown Mine, or some more modern but abandoned version of it.
