Death Valley 2022/23

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Time for dinner. ... Great view of Hidden Valley for sunset.

Beautiful. I miss tailgate cooking and eating in wide open spaces in the late afternoon and evening light.

Love your home on wheels. I've camped in the back of my various 4x4 pickups over the decades, though simple and no way as elaborate or complete as I can see you've accomplished with yours. No matter if it's a can of tuna, a cup of soup, or peanuts (with a glass of my ever present Carlo Rossi Paisano table wine), such times were soothing and magic.

Two of my most memorable DV region camp suppers were on consecutive evenings. The first was at the Inyo Mine, where myself and two others were camping in early May, 2000. It was largely overcast all afternoon. As I was sitting on my tailgate eating I began to realize the mine camp had began to brighten up in pre-sunset sunshine. The colors were intense on the weathered wood cabins and mountainsides. I forgot about my supper and picked up my video camera and my first digital camera and began shooting. The following evening found us three camped at the headframe above the mill foundations at Stateline ghost town, in upper Oriental Wash just inside Nevada and south of Gold Point. The evening colors as the sun set over the distant Sierra Nevada was breathtaking and the colors of Gold Mountain and the Slate Range intense.

Man I miss it. Thanks for letting me and others here live vicariously through your efforts.