Day 1: Drive in from Encinitas, CA - 329 miles, about 6 hours
Day 2: Canyon hike - Red Wall, used climbing gear
Day 3: Visited Furnace Creek, Harmony Mine, Zabriski Point and Golden Canyon
Day 4: Drove to Beatty, NV then into Titus Canyon, ( Leadfield), Later, Furnace Creek and Badwater Salt Flats. Saw the International Space Station pass over at dusk.
Day 5: Canyon Hike - Fall Canyon
Day 6: Drove to Beatty, NV (shopping). Saw Devils Golf Course, Artists Drive, Did a short canyon hike off the drive and did our laundry at Furnace Creek.
Day 7: Visited Scotty's Castle (tour), Ubehebe Crater (hiked to the bottom and back up) and Little Ubehebe
Day 8: Thanksgiving. Did a tour with Ranger Bob in Mosaic Canyon, drove to Panamint Springs and hiked to Darwin Falls, ate turkey dinner at Panamint Springs.
Day 9 To work off the turkey and mashed potatoes, we climbed Telescope Peak, 14 miles R/T about 7 hours
Day 10: In the morning visited the sand dunes near our campground and Devil's Cornfield. Later, took the truck 4X4 on an off road trip up Trail Canyon, looking for fossils. A wind storm came up that night and we were forced to drop the tent and sleep in the truck - fine sand everywhere!
Day 11: Canyon hike - Grotto Canyon 4 1/2 hours, climbing gear necessary
Day 12: Keane Wonder Mine Hike and Golden Canyon connecting to Gower Gulch Loop
Day 13: Went up Mosaic Canyon again this time with the climbing gear, later visited Salt Creek
Day 14: Drove home
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