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California
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a little Nevada and Arizona
Winter 2000/2001
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From Dec. 23 to Jan. 6, my friend Katharine and myself cycled from San Diego to Las Vegas, through several desert parks including Death Valley. These pages provide a general overview of the trip with some accompanying pictures. |
In order to minimise the size of individual pages, photos of our journey has been broken into two sections:
| 1. San Diego to Joshua Tree | Dec.23 to 30
Dec. 31 to Jan.6 |
Trip Overview:
(highlighted words link to pictures)
| Date | From /To | Distance
cycled |
notes |
| Dec. 23 | Toronto/ San Diego | - sleep in terminal | |
| Dec. 24 | Campo | 90 km | - through Spring Valley
- Mountain Empire Campground (only a couple miles from Mexican border) |
| Dec. 25 | Tamarisk Grove | 108 km | - Pine Valley, Julian |
| Dec. 26 | Borego Springs | 39 km | - Anzo-Borrego Desert State Park
- hike to Palm Canyon Springs |
| Dec. 27 | Cottonwood Springs | 130 km | - cactus bloom
- Salton City, Box Canyon - break spokes on back tire - Joshua Tree National Park |
| Dec. 28 | Cottonwood Springs | 50 km | - cycle to Indio, cab to Palm Springs
buy new tire, cab back to Cottonwood Springs - Katharine hikes |
| Dec. 29 | 29 Palms | 66 km | - Ocotillo Grove, Arch Rock |
| Dec. 30 | Cottonwood Springs | 105 km | - Jumbo Rocks, Skull Rock, Cap Rock |
| Dec. 31 | Blythe | 132 km | - Charico Summit |
| Jan. 1 | La Paz | 112 km | - Parker |
| Jan. 2 | Lake Havasu | 58 km | - Katharine leaves wallet at Parker Dam
(doesn't realise it until Lake Havasu) - local man ("Randy") drives us back to get it - buy new back tire in Lake Havasu (home of the London Bridge) |
| Jan. 3 | Kingman | 98 km | - pass "alien" home outside of Yucca
- warned against safety of road into Las Vegas |
| Jan. 4 | Furnace Creek | 63 km | - rent U-Haul
- drive through Las Vegas - Red Rock Canyon |
| Jan. 5 | Furnace Creek | 74 km | - Mushroom Rock, Badwater, Artist's Palette |
| Jan. 6 | Las Vegas | 42 km | - Mosaic Canyon, Dante's View |
| Jan. 7 | Toronto |
Bicycle Touring
California/Nevada (Dec. 2000)
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