1 week- 4 states- final destination Death Valley
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Jeep Rentals at the junction
Day 5 was still fresh and early so we headed back to stove pipe wells for fuel and treats at the general store... stopped in at the rangers station so my daughter could pick up her jr ranger badge and inquire about lippincott grade... Ranger "what are you driving? Is it YOUR truck? How much ground clearance? How many spares? What kind of tires?"
Advice... She wouldn't take her own truck down that stretch of road...um ok.. duly noted
Back on the road.. to ubehebe crater
Day 5 was still fresh and early so we headed back to stove pipe wells for fuel and treats at the general store... stopped in at the rangers station so my daughter could pick up her jr ranger badge and inquire about lippincott grade... Ranger "what are you driving? Is it YOUR truck? How much ground clearance? How many spares? What kind of tires?"
Advice... She wouldn't take her own truck down that stretch of road...um ok.. duly noted
Back on the road.. to ubehebe crater
The crater was pretty cool but it was time ot move on towards tea kettle junction and the race track...Homestake campground would be home for the night
Sadly there were only a couple of kettles
Race Track up ahead
A little past the point of needing sun screen
Setting up at homestake
Sadly there were only a couple of kettles
Race Track up ahead
A little past the point of needing sun screen
Setting up at homestake
Made our way out of lippincott and head for the saline valley road
Came across a bunch of these roller coaster sections
Looking back at where we came from... pretty good haul for a morning's work
Left or right? I really had it in mind that we would be heading right... co-pilot was pushing for left... the promise of getting home a day earlier meant she would be back on her horse a day sooner... out voted by an 11 year old and the ever present presence of the ghost horse... we turned left and headed for grapevine mountain
Came across a bunch of these roller coaster sections
Looking back at where we came from... pretty good haul for a morning's work
Left or right? I really had it in mind that we would be heading right... co-pilot was pushing for left... the promise of getting home a day earlier meant she would be back on her horse a day sooner... out voted by an 11 year old and the ever present presence of the ghost horse... we turned left and headed for grapevine mountain
digitaldelay
Explorer
What a great trip! Nice photos and entertaining write-up. Sweet truck, too.
Jason
Jason
stioc
Expedition Leader
What a nice adventure, awesome pics and a great way to spend some father/daughter time- great job 
Love the Ranger too and it's not even close to being an ExPo moving violation (if there's even such a thing). Looks like you've got it nicely setup for multi day trips; some sliders, bigger tires on it (32s?), awning and plenty of room for supplies what else does one need? I'm not sure why we don't see more Rangers as they're a great platform and have been around forever. The only 'drawback' for some might be the lack of true 4 doors like the Tacomas/Frontiers but then the Rangers are also not as big which could be an advantage. I wish they still offered an SUV version of the truck like the early Explorers.
Love the Ranger too and it's not even close to being an ExPo moving violation (if there's even such a thing). Looks like you've got it nicely setup for multi day trips; some sliders, bigger tires on it (32s?), awning and plenty of room for supplies what else does one need? I'm not sure why we don't see more Rangers as they're a great platform and have been around forever. The only 'drawback' for some might be the lack of true 4 doors like the Tacomas/Frontiers but then the Rangers are also not as big which could be an advantage. I wish they still offered an SUV version of the truck like the early Explorers.
Thanks!