March 2013

The trip in numbers.

Total miles 2187  (3519 km)

Max price for fuel  4.739 $ (in Death valley)
Min price for fuel  3.899 $ (in Nevada)
Avg usage: 25 Miles per gallon

Highest point  9994 ft (3046 meters)
 Roger peak, Death valley, close to Telescope peak.

Lowest point     -282 ft (86 meters below sea level)
 Bad water basin in Death Valley.

Most beautiful Hike:
  From Golden Canyon to Zabrisky Point




Longest hike: from Charcoal Kilns (6800 ft)
  to Rigers peak (9994 feet), 3194 ft (973 meter)
  elevation gain.

Best off road ride: Titus Canyon over the 'Red pass'.

Biggest surprise: Rhyolite Ghost town,  as an open
  air museum of Belgian Artists.

Biggest disappointed: 2 weeks is way top short.
  Missed so many different things.





Coldest moment 32 F (0 C)
  Thorndike campground, at 7400 ft.

Warmest point: Not sure, around 95 F
  Probably in Death valley, which is rather
  cold for that place.

Amount of rain drops: 0
  That's why you can call this a desert trip.

Cheapest beer: (Firestone ?) Amber, 2 $ in Beatty.

Most expensive beer: Squatters Hell Keep, 12 $,
  in Las Vegas. In the "Public House", where I also
  found one of the best mussels ever.