Photo Album

200 ft. below sea level near the center of Death Valley.

This was our second stop in Richfield Utah. The temp. was 24 degrees when we left Grand Junction and 26 degrees here at the half way point.

This was what we had been riding in. Cold 26 degrees, overcast with a light fog and haze. Over the passes we were seeing temps in the single digits. And there were two of those. On both I saw 8 degrees.

Another shot in Richfield Utah.

Oh yea did we mention we were in Nevada too? We had In N Out burgers on Wednesday and Friday. If you've never had one you need to try it next time you're in Nevada or California.

We arrive at our home for touring Death Valley the Stagecoach Hotel and Casino in Beatty NV.

All checked-in... Now where's that room

Eddies World gas station in Beatty NV. Temp was 58 degrees. Joe called this the worlds most beatiful gas station. I think it had something to do with this being Nevada's largest candy and ice cream store.

Every where we went people would come up to us to ask about riding in the cold and to talk about the Beemers.

The north entrance to Death Valley. We're about 40 miles north of Beatty NV.

This shot taken by Orin as we arrive at the North Entrance of Death Valley.

Got to take lots of pictures.

Joe set his camera up to record all three of us at the entrance.

Another shot of the entrance. We had just seen a coyote and were about to head in to Scotty's Castle, about 12 miles down the road.

Quite the place. Located in Death Valley California in Grapevine Canyon.

Scotty's Castle from the parking lot.

Another shot of the castle from the parking lot.

Beatiful setting.

Lots more questions about the bikes and the trip.

OK lets go see what is so special about this place.

Here are some views of the castle from different spots on the property.

Guest house.

Ranger residence.

Across from the fee station.

Trying to get it all in the shot.

To the left is what was going to be a swimming pool. Never was finished.

Another shot of the never finished pool.

This pool was going to be huge.

This one of my favorites. Pool on the left.

Ranger residence from the bridge in the middle of the pool.

Some of the ornate wood and cast iron gates.

Another shot of the back gate.

This place is fun to explore and plenty of picture taking spots.

Like I said. The stair case I'm on goes to the top of the building that housed the power plant. Generated power with water and backup diesel motors. Stored the energy in batteries and is back in operation today.

Here are some pictures of the power plant. The water wheel is on the left at the forefront of the picture.

This is the control panel. The batteries are located below the floor.

One of the diesel generators.

A better explanation of the plant and how it works.

Light fixture in the power house.

Some of the tile work at the top of the stairs on the power house.

Another example of the tile work. The whole castle has the most beautiful tile.

The castle from the top of the power station looking at the back of the structure.

Door to Scotty's room. The odd shaped cast iron thing to the left was there so Scotty could put a shotgun into it from inside and shoot around the corner at unwanted visitors at the door even if they hid aginst the walls.

Joe got a better picture of the shotgun device.

Orin got a great picture of the device.

And here's a look at it from inside Scotty's room. Just stick your shotgun in and pull the trigger.

Fat, dumb and happy? Well we were it's near 70 degrees.

The main entrance to Death Valley Ranch.

Look what was in the parking lot! Can you guess what it is?

Here's another shot.

Give up? It's a Harley-Davidson Vrod custom.

We visited one of the crators in the park. This one was an old volcano.

Man what a hole.

Lots of black volcanic rock for miles.

On the rim.

Nothing but rock and ash for as far as the eye can see.

More ash.

Joe was wondering what kind of fireworks this thing must have been.

Scotty's car.

A few of the firearms he kept around.

The Death Valley Ranch fine china.

Orin took pictures inside of some of the orinate iron and wood work.

Ceiling wood work.

Iron hinges and locks on the doors.

Some of the light fixtures.

This massive pipe orgin that they played on the tour.

Back at the castle. A picture of the court entrance.

Taken thru the gate to the court way.

Looking down Grapevine Canyon.

Joe coming back from a tour.

Orin on the same tour.

Orin took a ton of pictures.

The sands dunes near Stove Pipe Wells.

Orin tooks this picture. Incredible...

This was just before sunset and we had a hard time getting back on the road. It was so beatiful we kept stopping to take pictures.

Stove Pipe Wells. Over 70 degrees and just at sunset.

Oh yea we were below sea level.

Had to record this spot for proof.

The entrance to the Valley of Fire.

A panoramic view of the Valley of Fire from the entrance.

Some shots of the Valley of Fire state park.

This place is awesome.

Part of the day use road in the Valley of Fire.

Looking the other direction.

The colors were vivid.

A little pause Valley of Fire.

One last shot of the Valley of Fire.

A close up of the Vrod.

We visited the Hoover Dam. The pillars you see are where the new road is going to cross the Colorado river. They want to get the traffic off the dam. What an engineering nightmare but better then the security measures they go through to protect the dam right now.

A couple shots that Orin took at Hoover Dam.

This is taken at Rhyolite an old ghost town that Orin wanted to visit. Really a cool place. We visited it on the second day on our way back into Death Valley going over Daylight Pass.

Across the road from the old caboose was the train depot.

An old mercantile building.

Now something of an artist's heaven. There were huge sculptures in the middle of the desert.

This one is named the last supper.

A shot taken by Orin of his GPS. Notice we are 272 ft below sea level. This was at Badwater in Death Valley.

On the second day in Death Valley we encountered winds with gusts up to 90 mph. Orin shot this picture of the wall of dust as it moved across the valley floor.