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| Sweetwater airstrip (NV72) just north of Bridgeport | Bridgeport in the distance |
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| Somewhere just northeast of Bodie | The mining ghost town of Bodie, CA - such a cool view! The mines in the foreground and the town visible in the middle | Close-up view of Bodie |
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| Another cool shot of Bodie with a fresh coat of snow |
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| House in the middle of the plains? | Epic views while flying east of Mono Lake |
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| Epic views while flying east of Mono Lake | Black Lake and Benton Hot springs to the east! Cool spot | Close up of the off the grid property next to Black Lake |
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| Benton close-up. Hot springs in the foreground | Bishop! |
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| Crossing the White Mountains east towards Death Valley, just south of Bishop | Dry-ish lake just south of Deep Springs/highway 168 | Dry-ish lake just south of Deep Springs/highway 168 |
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| Cool terrain | Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley. Airport on the bottom left... |
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| Mosaic Canyon where we went hiking from Stovepipe Wells a couple of years ago with the kids as infants! | Telescope Peak, at 11,000' the highest point in Death Valley (with Furnace Creek being -190') | Gorgeous dry lake bed just south of Furnace Creek. Looks super cool from the air! |
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| Kids woke up from their nap! :) | Blythe, CA |
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| The Colorado river, which is also the border of Arizona and California | What I imagine the moon to look like? |
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| Colorado River | The complex grid of runways at Yuma, AZ (KNYL). We landed 35 (12 knot wind from the north) |
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| Free crew car in Yuma! | Crossing the US/Mexico border |
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| Crossing south into Mexico | Flying over the Sonoran Desert | Snack time! |
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| Sea of Cortez and Puerto Penasco/Rocky Point in the distance | Descending towards MMPE |
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| Entering left downwind for 36 | Landing at Puerto Penasco MMPE |
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| View from our room! |
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| Mayan Palace lobby |
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| Collecting sea shells |
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| Happy baba and Bodie! | Sunset dinner |
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| Cluttered house in town | Lots of digging in the sand every day... |
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| And lots of water time :) |
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| The resort grounds were impressive looking |
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| Doing a lap on the giant lazy river |
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| Went for a run along the beach |
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| More sand digging |
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| Departing MMPE | Cool dunes! |
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| Departing Yuma after clearing customs and having lunch |
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| A broken layer enroute between 6000-10000' MSL | Climbing above the scattered layer |
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| Approaching Death Valley |
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| Death Valley clouds! Since it rained the day before.. | Enroute Bishop from Death Valley | Bishop and the Sierra totally clear |
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| Owens river | Crowley lake and Mammoth | Crowley lake and the mountains to the west |
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| Another shot of Crowley Lake | Mono lake from atop of Paoha Island | Conway summit and Virginia lakes in the distance |
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| Almost home! |
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| Made it back home just in the nick of time :) |