Death Valley 2022/23

[Beardilocks]

Great photos, as usual!!

Two questions:
- How do you keep your fresh broccoli/vegetables so fresh while camping in DV, or was it only possible for them to make an appearance in your photo since you'd recently restocked on supplies? We'd be fighting to keep broccoli from wilting after a few days even when repeatedly wrapped in paper towel that's changed as soon as it gets damp, with similar issues with zucchini, so we'd survive on carrots and potatoes later in the trip. Hoping you can share some camping-with-vegetables advice
- I'm assuming White Top Road still has those rocky steps when climbing out of the canyon--how bad are they currently? OK with decent clearance only for someone who knows the undercarriage of their vehicle and has experience with tire placement, or point-and-drive?

My big secret to keeping broccoli fresh while camping?  I have a fridge.     Honestly, a fridge is one of the best things that I ever added to my previous rig.  You can get decent ones on Amazon for ~$200.  I've had both Api-Cool and BougeRV.  The only drawback is the compressor running at night when it's warmer outside.  But my veggies stay fresh for 2 weeks easy.

How to describe White Top Rd...  You go through the first in-canyon section and the soil/road gets a very dark color.  There are a few steps in there and that section is in very nice shape other than a couple of washouts that are sort of oddly in the middle of the road.  I easily straddled these.  I turned around right after the big right hand hairpin after you come out of the canyon, where the ground becomes more purple and colorful and sort of clay-ish, in the last section before you can see Dry Bone Canyon.  I'm assuming that the next canyon section past Dry Bone would be very rough to impassible if they haven't cleaned it up since this summer.