Video: Meandering the Mojave | South to Spring Episode 2

Here's our second episode in our video series South to Spring. In this episode we are exploring the Mojave National Preserve including Caruthers Canyon in the New York Mountains, Hole in the Wall, the Granite Mountains, the Kelso Dunes and we end the visit to the preserve in the cinder cone and lava beds area. We hope you enjoy this installment. https://youtu.be/qevADwYgrVU

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South to Spring | Mojave National Preserve Part 3: Kelso Dunes

As much as we could have stayed in camp and marveled at our view of the Granite Mountains all day, the sunny skies seemed to be taunting us to get moving, so we headed down the road to our next destination, Kelso Dunes.

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South to Spring | Mojave National Preserve Part 2: Hole in the Wall

As we packed up camp the forecasted rain was turning from a sprinkle to a deluge. By the time we were on the road the New York mountains were shrouded in fog and the road was starting to feel a bit greasy. That convinced us that we wouldn’t be exploring another canyon in the mountains and we’d instead head toward better roads and Hole in the Wall as our next destination for exploring on the Mojave National Preserve.

If you didn’t know it, you might not believe there is a trail through that wall of rock (a.k.a. Hole in the Wall)
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