If you travel east out of Big Pine in the Owens Valley you will be heading towards the famous Bristlecone Pines in the White Mountains, a trip full of forests and far-reaching vistas. But before you arrive at the high altitude pines there is another road, a side road that you could take—oh yes, a secret way into Death Valley itself. We knows this road, we took it, long ago it was. (Gollum, gollum.)
Oh, OK, excuse the LOTR imitation. This road—the Death Valley Road—eventually meanders through Eureka Valley, heading south past some spectacular sand dunes to arrive at the main Death Valley highway near Scotty’s Castle. In this photo I’ve stopped at the road’s crest at the start of the Saline Valley Road: time for lunch and a little Fritos & Beer interlude. Not even a single car passed by the whole time I was there; I remained in splendid solitude with my precious Fritos & Beer.
This inaugurated a whole series of Fritos & Beer-themed pix.
Photo: Fritos & Beer—Death Valley Road, 1994
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