At the summit near the lava flows
Claudia looking very fashionable as always
The views are awesome over the entire trip (these photos hardly capture the grandeur). You can catch a glimpse of the Soda Lake from here (way in the distance).
Signing the logbook at the Mailbox (again)
At the edge of a lava flow
Lava rocks
Coming down into some deep sand, lava flow on right
The Soda Lake in the distance
Treasure
The entire place is just about to erupt in bloom
Very near the Soda Lake
Lava stones
On the Soda Lake
Good fun on the Soda Lake
The Soda Lake surface
Represent’n the SoCal crew
The Lake was very different from 3 weeks ago
Marker at the west end of the lake
Coming into Afton Canyon and the end of the journey
Afton Canyon creek. Check out the old school white side walls (Soda Lake dust).
Looking the other way
All tuckered out
We had a great time and only saw a few people along the entire route.
The first time we went with Uphill and the big group, I traveled in 4 wheel high most of the time. I used ¾ of a tank of gas just to get to the camp site (Beal Mountain) at the half way point.
This time I drove the entire trip in 2 wheel drive (with the exception of 3 brief times when we got into some very deep sand), and used ¾ of a tank for the entire trip.
Until next time…
