周日从San Antonio把表弟送回了学校,回到这in the middle of nowhere的学校,心疼三秒。驱车回到Houston,一路都是下暴雨中。原本想去Rice University去看一看的,听说校园非常的美。阴雨绵绵的天气,我也就作罢了。直接去了NASA宇航局参观,下雨天人其实也不多,在NASA逛了2-3个小时就作罢。在NASA遇到一个伊朗哥们Mahdi Tahan的,是在伊朗的炼油厂的工程师。因为叔叔在美国他也拿了美国绿卡,不过似乎他要在美国找工作也不容易,本次来休斯顿就是希望在休斯顿能够找到一些能源公司的工作。非常热情和喜欢拍照。
Belle早已经七八点钟就到了Vegas,在星巴克工作了一上午。在LinQ Hotel and Casino汇合后,午饭一起去吃了momofuku,就一起回房间看死亡谷的介绍影片,其实都没有花很多时间去做了解,只是有个大概的旅行路线计划。或许工作太忙了,也没有花时间去了解死亡谷相关的一些事情。
晚上Shawn, May, Frank和Ginger都到了Vegas汇合。中间取车出现了点小问题,原本定的SUV竟然没有车,给我们两个普通的小车,但是死亡谷的路线小车估计是搞不定的,尤其是Titus Canyon路线。交涉了很久之后,决定第二天早上如果可以换成SUV或者Mini Van. 当晚在Vons买了三天的食物后边回到酒店休息。
死亡谷第一天:Bad Water-Nature Bridge, Devil’s Golf Course,Artist Palette,Golden Canyon Trail,Zabrikie Point
当天早上从Betty出发,随便路过一个Ghost Town之后,就沿着Titus Canyon开始颠婆着开进去了。辛亏我们是个mini van,如果是两个小车,估计我们就选择不走这条路了,或者走到一半就挂了,或者要开的极其小心。这段路坑坑洼洼,翻山越岭,对像我这种很喜欢开各种艰难的山路(虽然开的很少,但是喜欢哈哈)是中乐趣,但是如果车子很差,那很可能就是噩梦了。最好当然是像牧马人这样的越野车。提醒:如果要走这条路,请务必SUV或者mini Van, 否则你会后悔的。
Titus Canyon应该是我开过的很有意思的一条山路了,因为在死亡谷峡谷中穿搜的感觉,景色特别棒,尤其是在最后一段出口的地方。我们停下来车后,还步行回到了峡谷中走了一会儿。
Titus Canyon之后,我们本想去移动的石头,但是由于我自己预估错误时间放的太宽松了,如果到了移动的石头基本已经是下午4:30太阳下山的时候了,而且还需要之后1.5-2.5个小时返回,感觉非常的不值得,而且同行的也觉得不想走,便作罢了,在Ubehebe Crater,我们绕着火山口徒步了一会,便驱车返回去吃晚饭。
1. Meet Time: July 19th, 2015, 11:30am at Big Basin
P.S. Make sure to arrive on time and leave yourselves some time for parking…it may be difficult to find a parking spot. If you will be late, please let us know when will you arrive.
2. Meet location:Big Basin Redwood store.
P.S. I think there is only one store in the Big Basin park, you can find the exact address below.
3. Store Address: 21600 Big Basin Hwy Boulder Creek, CA 95006
4. Contact person: Shoushou/Michael/Monster/寿灿良:424-239-8311, in case you need to call me.
4. Hiking Trail: Dool Train->Sunset Trail->Sunset to Berry Creek Trail-> Golden Cascade->Silver Fall->Berry Creek Fall->skyline to the sea trail. P.S. It’s a loop trail, and most of the time, the trail is covered by trees. It wouldn’t be very hot even in the afternoon.
5. Hiking Length: 10.2 miles/16.4K
6. Hiking Duration: Around 4-5 hours, depends on the speed.
7. Carpool: Most people live near Bay Area, so ask for carpool if you don’t have a car or you don’t want to drive. Actually it’s better to carpool,to save money, save waiting time and save parking spot.
8. What to bring:
– make sure to bring your own lunch.
– Water, soft drinks
– snacks
– Camera
– phone, make sure your phone has full battery
9. What to wear:
Shoes: your daily shoes should be fine, but it’s better to wear your hiking shoes. More comfortable.
Clothes: No special requirement, but it’s better to wear quick-dry clothes