This ancient rock formation provides the perfect foreground subject for a stitched and stacked night panorama. It lies between ridges inhabited by bighorn sheep and mountain lions, and unfortunately the long road to get there is well known for puncturing and delaminating tires.
This was captured during one of our "adventure series" trips that we've been taking in March or April in Death Valley National Park:
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Early this year (spring 2022) we eliminated a couple of roads off of our itinerary when we determined ahead of the workshop that they were only marginally and questionably passable. We heard no reports that this road was in particularly bad shape, but there were sections where drivers deviated entirely out of the roadbed to get around difficult portions, and we did get one vehicle (with 37-inch tires, 4WD and extra clearance) stuck for a while. On a prior trip I repaired and re-inflated three flat tires. We carry a range of tire repair options to help pother vehicles we find along the road. We also bring rescue boards and tow straps, but fortunately haven't had to use them yet. After the heavy rains later in 2022, even the paved roads are washed out and many of the unpaved ones will be even more torn up. But as the saying goes, getting there is part of the adventure! We had one client this year who had never been camping before, and she had a blast on the trip in her rental Jeep!
