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Old 03-28-2007, 12:32 AM #1
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Offroading In Calif's Inyo Mtns
Friday the 23rd

After frantically loading up gear, my daughter and I drove up early Friday afternoon to Lone Pine and stayed overnight. Early Saturday morning the adventure started here:





and soon we were winding our way through washes and canyons with my daughter driving the first 17 miles. Her first time at the wheel for offroading and she did great!

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winding through the canyons





our first sighting of some of the massive towers of the Saline Salt Tramway!!

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a lot of snow over by Mt.Whitney



and a little for us



Owens Dry Lake



How could we get lost?

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How could we resist the detour to the Burgess Mine that we saw on the GPS? It was time for lunch anyhow and what a scenic spot!





and having lunch gave my daughter lots of energy!



interesting graffiti says we were not the first to drop in

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After 17 miles of fun wheeling through mud, rocks and snow we reached the tram keeper's cabin to stay Saturday night.






But first we just had to explore the tram's highest transfer station

Left


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interior shots of the transfer station





the year they started pouring the foundation
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The cabin is roughly at 8500' and has stunning views of the Owens valley and the Sierras. It has had a lot of restoration work done and a lot to go. Sure beat a tent!

spacious deck


good for naps before sunset


one of 5 rooms


"kitchen" area with a view
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We made dinner by lantern light and turned in by 9PM. After breakfast we repacked everything and were on our way towards Cerro Gordo. Now it was my turn to drive. A funny thing happened along the way; the only car we saw the whole time was coming from the opposite direction and it was a silver 4unner like mine!

After another 7 miles of interesting trail we came to the official end of the mountain road even though we had a ways to go



We spotted the Cerro Gordo ghost town but elected to bypass it



saw this bucket WAYYYYY up high

can you see it against the sky in the upper left area towards the peak?


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and saw this too
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What the heck is this? The Desert Militia? Terrorists?






Shhhhh! We don't want to be caught
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Just Google "Stark Industries" who seems to be in the middle of this evil plot





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Trail's end at Keeler








Hint about the "terrorists" here http://www.ironmanmovie.com/

Hope that you enjoyed riding along with us!

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Lovin it! Thanks for sharing!

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so all these props were left unattended? did you take a souvenir?

thanks for sharing btw... looked like a lot of fun. how come you didn't drop by the ghost town?
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