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Looking across the Reese Ruver Valley... At the Shoshone Range... Find Chester
With a little imagination, you can just make 44 out... Center of picture
A little further away
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You were well prepared for that trip Danny. looks like you had a great time. The good news, no dust
The 120 across Yosemite through Lee Vining is pretty far north and then drops you out north of your destination. Lot of extra miles. The Tioga pass is now open but that is a beast of a climb. 120 is two lanes you will run into some slow summer traffic next month. It’s doable and scenic but could be slow sledding. Plus it costs $30 to go across whether or not you stop in Yosemite. Good for 7 days however.
But if you want to skip Barstow probably your best bet. I have never towed anything across that route.
Beautiful pictures Danny! Thanks for posting and happy you had a good time,
Go the back way through Pahrump/ Death Valley/ then CA 178 over Walker pass to Lake Isabella then either CA 155 to Hwy 99 or stay on 178 to Bakersfield Longer route and a couple of passes kind of tight curves but my family used to tow 18.5 foot boat over pass on 155. Best part-- it is not through Bastow
Or when you get to hwy 395 go south ---Hwy 14 to Hwy 58 to Hwy 99 No winding mountain roads, no tall passes. I live in Bakersfield. Let me know if I can be of assistance.
We've used Walker Pass (via Ridgecrest) several times, but usually through Beatty because we're already more than a third of the way there on US 95. The only thing is the long steep grade out of Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley. Walker Pass isn't steep.Go the back way through Pahrump/ Death Valley/ then CA 178 over Walker pass to Lake Isabella then either CA 155 to Hwy 99 or stay on 178 to Bakersfield Longer route and a couple of passes kind of tight curves but my family used to tow 18.5 foot boat over pass on 155. Best part-- it is not through Bastow
We've used Walker Pass (via Ridgecrest) several times, but usually through Beatty because we're already more than a third of the way there on US 95. The only thing is the long steep grade out of Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley. Walker Pass isn't steep.
Thanks for posting the great photos of the wild (no, not the Strip) parts of Nevada. We flew from Albuquerque to Seattle on Thursday, May 17th, the flight took us north of where you were - Great Basin National Park - knew you were down there somewhere having a good time. We flew back from Seattle to Las Vegas on Sunday, May 27th, the flight took us over Tonopah. Was able to get a good view of Arc Dome just before it got too dark to see much. Seems like you weren't too far from there.