Well, apparently the rains have struck again and the entire Scotty's Castle area is closed due to "millions of dollars" in flood damage. At the moment, the park is saying it's going to take months to fix but I'll continue to monitor the situation.
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I think with the expected rains this year, it is going to make it very challenging to do much preplanned desert exploring.
Either we will need to be incredibly flexible dates and locations, or be willing to cancel a day before.
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Agreed. Sean, do you need to do any prerunning for the Mojave trip? It seems like that area hasn't been getting hit too badly with rain (then again, I haven't been paying attention) and we're going to need to to have an alternate lined up.
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This coming trip will be virtually identical to 2014. I will have alternate routes if our route is blocked.
As for rain, they've been getting hit pretty good all summer.
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Just coming to post about that but you guys are way ahead of me. I don't have a full grasp on the closures but the road to the mine on Wingate rd in panamint vallay should be open regardless of conditions since they are a operating mine. That opens up the pleasant canyon loop...not ideal, but a solid plan C or D lol
I agree we should have a back up route for the weekend if those roads are impassable due to previous rains. If it rains that weekend, I vote to postpone or cancel. I rather not drown in 10 feet of mud.
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We got smashed pretty good out here. I was almost on the 58 when that whole bad day happened. I had gotten back a day prior. I concur on the postponement even though it will make it unlikely for me to go. You don't know what you'll run into out there right now.
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hit the cabins if its raining! I will graciously donate these moonshine cherries that Sean didnt eat from the coyote trip lol
Nooooooo!
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those were bad news. Especially when they started to taste ok lol.
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