One Night RoadTrip -- Death Valley Wildflowers
On the 19th, Megan and I left the office early in the morning in search of desert wildflowers. There are fields of Desert Gold yellow flowers all along Ash Meadows Road between Pahrump and NV-371. Both sides of the road have dramatic displays of yellow flowers. We were hoping to find some Desert Five Spot -- but none were in any of the places we've found them in past "hunts."
We did a couple of things we've not done for years -- explored a bit more of the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, stayed overnight at Panamint Springs and drove to the overlook at Dante's View.
So here are some photos from the trip:
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Close-up of Desert Gold -- by far the most prevalent flower seen right now.
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Boardwalk on the Point of Rocks trail -- heading to the ponds
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Kings Spring is located along the boardwalk. This pond had a bunch of Dace fish in it.
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Fields of this glorious flower to be found in the northern sections of Panamint Valley
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Megan Edwards sitting at the redwood burl bar -- awesome bar at the Panamint Springs Resort.
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I am not sure what this plant is. Found in both Death Valley and surrounding Mojave -- excellent stands found along the road to Dante's View.
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Far snow-covered peak is Telescope Peak in the Panimint Mountains. Foreground is the rapidly receding Lake Manly located at Badwater.
Mark
Such an amazing place to have close by!
What a great way to spend a night away ! Great photo's. We sat at that bar in Panamint Springs for a lunch stop, as we were on our way to you on our last visit!
Dave
