I went to join Jeff and Janet, an Alaskan couple who wanted discover some places of the Death Valley and preferred to do it in two vehicles. But before that, I installed the new compressor of VivaLaVida.
 
 
1. Beautiful sky over Arizona strip.
 

 
 
2. ARB was kind enough to replace the compressor with a new one, the previous being his fourth failure. Thanks to them.
 

 
 
3. To try to prevent this from happening again, I installed a “house made” air filter which should limit the amount of dust that it swallows…
 

 
 
4. On the road to Las Vegas Where I met my friend Christian for dinner, I heard a big “bang” and the back of VLV sagged while I was driving at 70 mph.
 

 
 
5. A tire suffered a carcass break, probably the result of fatigue of the carcass. Admittedly, these tires have rolled some 10,000 miles of trails at reduced pressure…
 

 
 
6. Met Jeff and Janet in Bed Springs Cabin, a pretty little miners cabin.
 

 
 
7. Saratoga Springs, south of Death Valley. There were a few ducks and a lot of frogs croaking! 😀
 

 
 
8. Arctictraveller going up to Black Magic Mine.
 

 
 
9. Wild donkeys or “burros”, presumably a mother and her young.
 

 
 
10. Late afternoon on the trail to Owlshead Mountains where we spent the night.
 

 
 
11. Diversity of mineral colors is pretty amazing in places.
 

 
 
12. One of the few stone cabinss, the Geologist Cabin.
 

 
 
13. Camp at about 4,000 feet above sea level, near the Striped Butte.
 

 
 
14. Raking light…
 

 
 
15. Striped Butte at sunset.
 

 
 
16. Twilight on this desert of rocks…
 

 
 
17. Jeff & Janet joined me in the night after going to fill Arctictraveller’s tank.
 

 
 
18. Jeff on Mengel Pass tral. It is not very experienced in offroading, I have therefore spoted him on tricky places…
 

 
 
19. There was quite a few steps!
 

 
 
20. And some quite off camber path to…
 

 
 
21. Panamint Valley.
 

 
 
22. Dusk from Lookout City, an old mining town over Panamint Valley.
 

 
 
And for a change, here are two videos of VLV in action. Thanksu to Jeff for having sent me. 😉

To be follwed in some days… 😉