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canyonwalker5 Days in the Desert travelog #24
Barstow, CA - Wed, 28 Dec 2022, 8am
If you've been paying attention to the datelines on my "5 Days in the Desert" journals— okay, just pretend you are— you might have noticed after writing multiple blogs about outdoorsy stuff on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, I wrote basically nothing about Tuesday. "Wait, what happened on Tuesday in the desert??" you might ask. The answer, alas, is Not much.
Tuesday was a poor weather day. It was cloudy all day, and it rained in the afternoon. We almost never get a trip of this length with perfect weather (or even passable weather) the whole time. There's almost always a day or two lost to poor conditions.
We knew a little bit in advance Tuesday's weather was going to suck. We pushed to do so much on Sunday and Monday because of that. We didn't just give up on yesterday, though. We did some 4x4 driving/exploring up through lunchtime. We came back to the hotel in the afternoon and took it easy for the rest of the day. That turned out to be a needed break, anyway. Hawk had some work emergencies she was able to help deal with by working 2 hours in the afternoon, and I just appreciated the downtime. I've been doing nearly all the driving so far, over 1,200 miles already!
Well, now it's Wednesday morning. The rain is over and it looks like it'll be sunny today. We've considered different options about where to go hiking today, on our way home— including whether to extend our trip an extra day. Yesterday's rain adds risk to the terrain for lots of hikes and/or 4x4 roads in the desert. Thus we've decided to go hiking in a part of the desert that actually didn't get rain yesterday, Trona Pinnacles. We'll head out as soon as we finish packing our bags & check out.
Barstow, CA - Wed, 28 Dec 2022, 8am
If you've been paying attention to the datelines on my "5 Days in the Desert" journals— okay, just pretend you are— you might have noticed after writing multiple blogs about outdoorsy stuff on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, I wrote basically nothing about Tuesday. "Wait, what happened on Tuesday in the desert??" you might ask. The answer, alas, is Not much.
Tuesday was a poor weather day. It was cloudy all day, and it rained in the afternoon. We almost never get a trip of this length with perfect weather (or even passable weather) the whole time. There's almost always a day or two lost to poor conditions.
We knew a little bit in advance Tuesday's weather was going to suck. We pushed to do so much on Sunday and Monday because of that. We didn't just give up on yesterday, though. We did some 4x4 driving/exploring up through lunchtime. We came back to the hotel in the afternoon and took it easy for the rest of the day. That turned out to be a needed break, anyway. Hawk had some work emergencies she was able to help deal with by working 2 hours in the afternoon, and I just appreciated the downtime. I've been doing nearly all the driving so far, over 1,200 miles already!
Well, now it's Wednesday morning. The rain is over and it looks like it'll be sunny today. We've considered different options about where to go hiking today, on our way home— including whether to extend our trip an extra day. Yesterday's rain adds risk to the terrain for lots of hikes and/or 4x4 roads in the desert. Thus we've decided to go hiking in a part of the desert that actually didn't get rain yesterday, Trona Pinnacles. We'll head out as soon as we finish packing our bags & check out.
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Date: 2023-01-01 06:01 pm (UTC)Sorry about the bad weather, but that does tend to be a perpetual thing.
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Date: 2023-01-02 12:30 am (UTC)