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In the earlier months of the year, there are more whales present. Many just partaking in the MFM mating pleasures. The best trips I have had with the most whale to human contact has been in the later months. Last week of March, first week of April has been my best years. It is the baby whales...

Hey Jay, maybe we'll go with you, not sure. I am ready for it, just have to talk Anne into it. That's a great video. Years ago when Michael was 10, he and I spent several days on Gonzaga Bay beach dragging these mono-filament tents off the beach. We packed the entire back of the old F250 and...

Stew, it was up high, almost to the top of the dunes!

I watched the Park Service H1 Hummer go through the narrows as I followed in my F250 some years back. It really isn't that big a deal. Same with Lippincott. Full size trucks drive those roads all the time. Think about it, what do you think made those roads, mini trucks?

Oh yeah, that one. Still, almost never has any water in it at all. Check deathvalley.com forum for the best DV updates.

Normally, it is not running water at all. If you are headed for Saratoga Springs from the south end via Baker, you have no crossing. From the north, meaning from DV pavement where the pavement makes the sharp turn towards the east, you will have to make the crossing. In 30 years or so of...

Suni, Those holes bored into the petroglyphs are vandalism, 20 years ago they were not there. On a very cold, windy day in 1989 I was walking on Eureka Dunes. Looking down at the sand as I walked, the wind uncovered this amazing arrowhead. I took some pictures before leaving it back on the...

Andy, yes Spingtime is the best at Carrizo. Altitude is only a bit over 2,000 feet but check this snow we had last April: http://youtu.be/BTw-p36ucws

Thanks Ted for posting this thread. Really great pictures. An, I am glad you enjoyed the video. It sure has me looking forward to returning.

Again, about those dividers in the holes in the rock, I think it may be to keep the larger raptors from making off with the Peregrine chicks or eggs. Just read an article about Peregrines that their #1 predator are barn owls, like the one Ted took a picture of. Peregrines were on the brink of...

Those may be spaces to increase the nesting of the Peregrine Falcons. The endangered Peregrines nest there in certain times of year at which time the public is not allowed to visit.

I'll be in Saline, nice and warm soaking in the pools. You might try the KOFA National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona. I think it may be 11 hours, 59 minutes from you. A spectacular place.

Hey those are my stompin' grounds, great pictures. I wanna hear what happened to the guy in the jeep?

Mitch, Sounds like you had a great trip! Maybe catch the San Juan River nice time around. Gene

Hi Suni, On Nordhoff, do you camp at the very end of the road or where the table is? We always take the spot at the end of the road, I like to camp where no city lights can be seen. Gene

A short and humble video from our trip last month of The White Rim Trail, Canyonlands NP. We did the same trip two years ago but in the opposite direction. http://youtu.be/t3obtfMVnX0 WRT Video

Well since you are upgrading your truck....might as well get a 3/4 ton of you favorite flavor. Then it would be a great truck for the Hawk. A 3/4 ton truck is not physically much larger than a Tundra...but the difference between a 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton truck while hauling a Hawk camper is night...

I don't care how much it costs, anything that I can get made in the USA, I buy it, rather than the imports. Last Xmas and again this year, all the gifts I give are USA made.

You guys must not be musicians. If you want music around the campfire, you need chairs without arm rests. Guitars, mandolins, dobros, banjos, and arm rests just don't work. Only the fiddlers can play with this chair you recommend. Example:

Thanks. We just finished washing the mud from the underneath of the truck! Bummed to be home, but so glad I was able to go... Saving for next summer Anne and I are headed up to do the Dempster next summer. It will be her first, my 5th time to Inuvik. We are driving from Ventura, CA to Inuvik...

David, You say you want greatest fuel efficiency and reliability? I would add to that greatest safety in braking and emergency handling. These are the very reasons so many of us have gone to 3/4 ton diesels. If you do not already own the 1/2 ton you speak of, just go get a 3/4 and be done with...

Andy, I always enjoy your excellent photography. When I was a kid, long ago, I used to go to a camp near Taylorsville. Anne and I went back there to visit this last summer. The town was the same as it was over 40 years ago! From Gennesse there is a dirt Forest Service road called Beckwourth...

But, I think I went off on a tangent and it is important to remember that many organizations think this bill is really about opening lands for resource extraction. Certainly, some of the areas designated in the bill in my neck of the woods - the Sacramento mountains - already allow access by...

I think there are plenty of roads on public lands already -- enough for my use, anyway. Providing an opportunity for more people to drive on more roads in no way improves my enjoyment of the outdoors. Declaring an area off-limits to vehicles in no way locks it up. On-foot is the best way to...

Yet again, an attempt to decrease protection, open land for mining and other extractions. http://azwmcl.org/blog/general/stop-h-r-1581-the-no-more-wilderness-act