DV to AZ 2022 winter trip

[Daymoth]

@MojaveGeek thats anniversary right next to fire bowl and I used Jim's info to get there ( thankyou Jim for all your info!!).

And speaking about fire bowl.

It was very windy so we didnt scramble the ridge above the narrows, instead we decided to check that crazy red outcrop we had seen from the road.

It was a playground of red orange and pink gruyere cheese. We had a blast scrambling the pink rock and squeezing into holes.

A pink elephant!!



A tunnel! 







We loved this place. We really want to explore nevada more now that we have a car with a bit more clearance.

So that night we made it to Tecopa were weve never stoped before. We were planing to camp on the BLM around Spanish road but it was insanely windy and there was a lot of rain in the forecast. Not wanting to inhale a bunch of lake bed dust and then get stuck in lakebed mud we went to Tecopa proper. We stoped at a campsite and they wanted to charge us something absurd like $35 for dry camping. Thankfully a lady pointed out the county campsite was further down the road. Way more reasonably priced and we had trees to shelter us and a picnic table .

Rain started pouring at 2am and I get out if the car and I see we are pretty much on the water path of lest resistance on a lakebed, so with my husband in the back half sleeping I moved the car and all our stuff to a higher position next to some RVs. I was soaked but peace of mind was much better.

Next morning the mud was an inch to two deep. My plan of exploring the badlands was scrapped so we went to check out what this date shake is all about...