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After descending the Alluvial Fan coming from Titus Canyon, we made a right and headed toward Ubehebe Crater and the freshly graded Racetrack Road. I've never encountered this road this smooth! We made good time without the jarring steps and sharp rocks to worry about... The entire road was...

Titus Canyon deserves it's own section... This is a drive everyone should do when visiting Death Valley. I have a photo of every one of my vehicles driving through the canyon... Starting with my FJ55 taken in 1980... I tell everyone that this road is like a good book... It starts kind of slow...

Well... That seemed to work...Maybe I can finish the report today. I was determined to make it to Chloride City even though I knew it would be dark when I got there. The drive from 190 was lonely... well except for a cluster of Burros blocking the road at one point. Even though I had a couple of...

For some reason the first thread keeps crashing and I can't edit or add anything to it... Is anybody else having problems loading in the photos? I'm going to start a new thread with the photos reduced in size to see if that works... I'll start with the last couple of posts from the other thread...

I was determined to make it to Chloride City even though I knew it would be dark when I got there. The drive from 190 was lonely... well except for a cluster of Burros blocking the road at one point. Even though I had a couple of maps, finding the road was difficult since it was unmarked and...

Lunch at Furnace Creek was nice... Most of us sat at the picnic benches in the shade at the Borax Museum. This outside museum has some nice artifacts to see, including this Death Valley Railroad locomotive. We made a quick stop after lunch at Zabriski Point to take in the view dominated by...

Friday was going to be a long day so after a nice night in Warm Springs, we broke camp early and bombed down the 14 miles of Warm Springs Canyon Road to Hwy. 190 where we aired up. We headed North along the East side of Death Valley on paved Hwy. 190 the 20 plus miles to Badwater where we met up...

I camped for free at Iron Gate Reservoir in Northern California near the Oregon border.

Our camp for the night... The pool is no longer in use...

Still some fun sections to go before we stopped at Russell's Camp... The flag was "UP" at the Geologist's Cabin so that meant it was occupied... You can stay at these cabins and use them as a base camp. Visitors often leave provisions or take items they need depending on their situation at...

Going up and over Mengel Pass from Goler Canyon consists of some steep and tricky uphill sections and tight, slow going rock garden sections on the way down into Butte Valley. The first major obstacle was the V-Notch... Coming around the corner, the wall looked nearly impassable but Dave said...

Goler Wash Road was easier than I remembered. We stopped only a few times for the Newman's Cabin and the ruins at Lotus Mine. And there were burros... And we stopped at what is left of the infamous Barker Ranch... And from there... on towards Mengel Pass...

After driving through the wonderful company town of Trona, we made a right turn on "Hwy 82" and continued onto Stockwell Mine Road over the Slate Range taking the backroads way into Goler Canyon. Absolutely epic views... Yes... It is steeper than it looks! We made it to the other side and...

Since so many members of the East Bay Overland Bound Group wanted to go to Death Valley, the trip had to be broken up into two groups. This is report from the group led by PapaDave... The adventure started on Thursday at 9 AM from Trona Pinnacles so the group assembled Wednesday night (11/03)...

I drove down to Hanford today and picked up my now repaired LX470... Seems to be running great and I got brakes! Everything looks good to go for Death Valley...

ABS actuator has failed… 4 days to get the part plus a day to install and bleed the system. The cost is $4600… but you gotta have brakes, right? They gave me a Tacoma loaner so I just drove it back to the Bay Area. Hopefully I’ll be able to pick the LX470 up by the end of next week so I can get...

It looks like I’m out… The LX470 has lost its power brakes… I’m stuck in Hanford with the vehicle at the large Toyota Dealership. Hopefully I’ll get it fixed today but more likely next week…

Jeff, Welcome to Overland Bound! I'm in the East Bay also, over in Castro Valley. Glad to have you onboard...

Sounds like an amazing itinerary... I'm on the first scheduled trip but maybe next time...

Now working! Thanks!