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Glass Buttes, 2020

Post author:Occidental
Post published:2020-03-15
Post category:Exploring Rockhounding
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I guess three years has somehow passed since our last trip to Glass Buttes. It seems like yesterday. How time flies. As meteorological spring started on March 1 (astronomical spring is right around the corner) it was high time to get the camper on the truck and get out on our first trip, and Glass Buttes seemed like as good a spot as any for an inaugural 2020 trip.

We arrived as it was getting dark on Friday but found a nice quiet spot and settled in for the night. It wasn’t long until the coyotes sang a welcome. We woke up to fresh snow on Saturday just as you would expect from spring weather. There were also some sagebrush buttercups blooming.

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Journey to the Sagebrush Sea

Post author:Occidental
Post published:2019-04-16
Post category:Exploring
Post comments:6 Comments

We sailed upon the sagebrush sea Across the quiet waves Pronghorn, owls and a coyote followed Amidst the open sky Bacon Camp

Death Valley, 2018

Post author:Occidental
Post published:2018-12-16
Post category:California Exploring Truck Camping
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After completing the Mojave Trail it was time to start wandering in the direction of home. We had one more potential stop in our plans, and we had enough days left to do it. We headed north to Death Valley. We had a side trip on the way north to the China Ranch Date Farm near Tecopa. Having never seen Date Palms before, but loving dates, I was immediately impressed to see this little oasis.

We took a walk around the plantation and enjoyed a date shake. Many of the palms were loaded with dates which looked ready to harvest. Yum.

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