Bicycle camping in and around Death Valley National Park 2007
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Bicycle camping (bikepacking) in and around Death Valley National Park 2007 Day 11: 66 bicycle miles from Furnace Creek to Tecopa Hot Springs via Funeral Mountains at 3300 feet elevation in 100 degrees
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Bicycle camping (bikepacking) in and around Death Valley National Park 2007

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Flood markers along Highway 127

Flood markers along Highway 127

Date: April 28, 2007, 17h45

Day 11: 66 bicycle miles from Furnace Creek to Tecopa Hot Springs via Funeral Mountains at 3300 feet elevation in 100 degrees

To avoid the forecasted 110 degrees in Death Valley today, I climb out of Death Valley slowly over the Funeral Mountains, starting at 280 feet below sea level and peaking at about 3300 feet.

I am surprised at how well I'm acclimating to the heat. I drink lots of water, as often as is practical.

It's not quite as hot up on the summit of the Funeral Mountains, after which I descend back into the heat at Death Valley Junction, Shoshone, and, finally, Tecopa Hot Springs, today's destination.

Date: April 28, 2007, 11h00
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Just before leaving Furnace Creek

Just before leaving Furnace Creek

... one last stop at the public washroom near the laundromat.

Date: April 28, 2007, 11h00
OK, I've really left Furnace Creek now

OK, I've really left Furnace Creek now

Just starting the climb out of Death Valley on Highway 190, I look back down toward the valley.

Date: April 28, 2007, 11h15
On the way out of Furnace Creek

On the way out of Furnace Creek

... the old motel along Highway 190.

Date: April 28, 2007, 11h20
Lots of greenery a little further up Highway 190

Lots of greenery a little further up Highway 190

A stream trickles along the highway, from the natural springs in the area.

Date: April 28, 2007, 11h45
I stop for a toilet break at Zabriskie Point, just above Death Valley

I stop for a toilet break at Zabriskie Point, just above Death Valley

Tourists taking in the views at Zabriskie Point.

Date: April 28, 2007, 12h15
Looking down toward Highway 190 from Zabriskie Point; my world is slanted

Looking down toward Highway 190 from Zabriskie Point; my world is slanted

The tour bus that released the tourists at Zabriskie Point is visible down in the parking lot.

Date: April 28, 2007, 12h15
Leaving Zabriskie Point

Leaving Zabriskie Point

The tourists return to their bus at the Zabriskie Point parking lot; this tourist returns to his bicycle, which is also parked there.

Date: April 28, 2007, 12h15
I reach the 1000-foot point of elevation gain on the way out of Death Valley

I reach the 1000-foot point of elevation gain on the way out of Death Valley

Ah, now I'm getting somewhere. Only a bit more than 2000 feet to rise before I start to go downhill again!

Date: April 28, 2007, 12h45
Higher above Zabriskie Point on Highway 190

Higher above Zabriskie Point on Highway 190

Higher above Zabriskie Point on Highway 190; looking back down past the area of 20 Mule Team Canyon.

Date: April 28, 2007, 12h45
Rising up into the Funeral Mountains on Highway 190

Rising up into the Funeral Mountains on Highway 190

I'm now up around 2000 feet.

Date: April 28, 2007, 13h15
Higher up in the Funeral Mountains and looking back down

Higher up in the Funeral Mountains and looking back down

I'm well past the turn-off from Highway 190 to Greenwater Valley Road, which is the route I used to enter Death Valley on the way in from Gold Valley.

Date: April 28, 2007, 13h45
3000 feet, I'm almost at the top of my climb out of Death Valley

3000 feet, I'm almost at the top of my climb out of Death Valley

I still have a couple of miles and a few hundred feet of climbing left, but it's so gentle that it almost feels level to me at this point.

Date: April 28, 2007, 14h00
At the summit of Highway 190 in the Funeral Mounatins is the remains of an extensive RV camping park (or something like that)

At the summit of Highway 190 in the Funeral Mounatins is the remains of an extensive RV camping park (or something like that)

I simply can't pass by here without checking it out, lover of abandoned stuff that I am. I stop to explore.

Date: April 28, 2007, 14h30
Standing in the middle of what was probably the campground's office

Standing in the middle of what was probably the campground's office

Only the old tiled floor of the building remains.

Date: April 28, 2007, 14h30
More of the old tiled floor at the former campground's entrance

More of the old tiled floor at the former campground's entrance

Not all interesting patterns out here in the desert are natural earth features.

Date: April 28, 2007, 14h30
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