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Driving back to Ballarat and across the flat to the highway I get inspected.  Ah yes, civilization!

I arrived at Panamint Springs Resort, set up camp and carved my pumpkin for "Spiedie Night".

David Bricker is the barbeque master.  He cooked up a huge batch of Spiedies; pork tenderloin and cubed chicken marinated in the Spiedie Sauce Bricker brought with him from New York!!

 Everyone helped out with the potluck and it was an excellent dinner.

Here's about one third of the group. (You ever try to round up desert rats for a group photo?)

And, the resident Roadrunner.

Since most of the folks are into four wheeling to places my Vanagon could never get to I was able to snag a ride with "Freq" in his Toyota Four Runner and follow LarryW and his dog Tabby to various mines and cabins.  The cabin in the left photo is the Minnetta.

Old workings!

The next day we went up Goler Wash to the Barker Ranch and

then over Mengel Pass to

Stripped Butte.  The road continues to Butte Valley but we were running out of daylight and had to give it up.

They dropped me off at my Vanagon in Ballarat and I drove as far as Mojave for the night.

At 6:10AM, October 31st I headed for home.  Past the windmill farm at Tehachapi and seven hours later the burning rice fields near Williams, CA.  I was home by 4:10PM.

     A wonderful trip   

PanamintCharlie.com
Spiedie Sauce
Panamint Springs Resort
Ray Jardines Light-weight camping book