EdoHart
Grasshopper
Because of work Wednesday night I had a late start Thursday, which meant going through Bakersfield around noon - I sure am glad I have air conditioning in the truck. Anyway, I made it to Indepence, CA around 3:00 PM, got gas and headed up Mazourka Canyon Rd. After a few sight seeing stops, I made it to Badger Flat around 6:00 PM and spent the rest of the day light wandering around.
It was clear that night when I started cooking dinner, but about 1/2 hour later a squall line came through and dumped on me for about 15 minutes. The rain was kind of a problem because I was grilling outside, but hey, it was more fun than bothersome.
The next day I continued up and north. Not far out of Badger Flat the road got real fun (and occasionally nerve wracking) - narrow, some rock crawling, lots of side ways tilt to the road, I even got out and walked 3 different stretches. The road gets up to 9,500 feet.
I did suffer 1 casualty when I was going down a narrow section of road that titlted to the right, on granite, covered with pea-gravel. I was almost past a particularly close in branch when the truck slipped a few inches and hit it at the very rear of the camper. The vertical weather strip between the back and side of the camper was pulled out a little.
The first 2 pictures are from Badger Flat, the next 2 pictures are from the peek of the road.
It was clear that night when I started cooking dinner, but about 1/2 hour later a squall line came through and dumped on me for about 15 minutes. The rain was kind of a problem because I was grilling outside, but hey, it was more fun than bothersome.
The next day I continued up and north. Not far out of Badger Flat the road got real fun (and occasionally nerve wracking) - narrow, some rock crawling, lots of side ways tilt to the road, I even got out and walked 3 different stretches. The road gets up to 9,500 feet.
I did suffer 1 casualty when I was going down a narrow section of road that titlted to the right, on granite, covered with pea-gravel. I was almost past a particularly close in branch when the truck slipped a few inches and hit it at the very rear of the camper. The vertical weather strip between the back and side of the camper was pulled out a little.
The first 2 pictures are from Badger Flat, the next 2 pictures are from the peek of the road.