Wildflower Ride Update

[nvbobr_imp]

Here are some recent photos, all taken on Friday except the last two:


Golden Evening Primrose


Desert Five Spot


Purple Mat


Gravel Ghost with flowing water near Hwy 190


Robust Plants


Gravel Ghost close-up. I like the way the light hits this.


Beatty Cut-Off Road, one my favorite motorcycle routes. Photo taken earlier in the week, visited with CB.


Field of Desert Gold photographed along the Badwater Road two weeks ago.

[Chapomis_imp]

Nice Bob, makes me wish I could be there !

[the Ferret]

Very cool photos Bob.

How long is the road thru Death Valley? And would this be the best time of the year to ride it?

[redbirds_imp]

Love these photos Bob. The bright colors painted on the desert are stunning.

[nvbobr_imp]

Very cool photos Bob.

How long is the road thru Death Valley? And would this be the best time of the year to ride it?

Ferret,

The primary blacktop road through the National Park is California Highway 190. From boundary to boundary, it spans about 80 miles with gas available at Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells, and Panamint Springs. Now is probably the best time to visit (at least on a motorcycle!), but the park is surprisingly full with European visitors during the summer. Summer is also the time when automobile makers test highly disguised prototype vehicles in the park, and are stalked by car paparazzi. Here's a local story on that cat and mouse game from August 2013.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada...ath-valley

An official link about when to visit the park is on the NPS website.

http://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/seasons.htm

[the Ferret]

80 miles isn't too bad even if it is hot lol..I mean how hot can it get? Just don't break down right?

[rboe]

Hot enough that you need knobbies just to ride the asphalt.

I'm thinking early next week. We'll see.

[Cormanus]

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Dang! That's one twisty road.

[rboe]

It is when you are dodging coyotes, rabbits, snakes, road runners and half starved miners crawling across the desert looking for water.....

[nvbobr_imp]

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Dang! That's one twisty road.

Hmm, Maybe that's why my tires are kind of squared off. Seriously, Hwy. 190 west of Panamint Springs in the park is quite twisty. That's the place to go for fun.