Day 10 - Needles CA to Beatty NV
| Miles for the Day: | 667 |
| Total Trip Miles: | 3608 |
| Start Point: | Needles, CA |
| Start Weather: | At 6:00 AM PDT, the temperature was 66.7 degrees with 18 percent humidity. The conditions were clear. |
| End Point: | Beatty, NV |
| End Weather: | At 6:00 PM PDT, the temperature was 85.9 degrees with 8 percent humidity. The conditions were clear with a wind speed of 10.3 and wind gusts of 25.3. |
| Sun Rise: | 6:19 AM PDT |
| Sun Set: | 7:13 PM PDT |
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Roys, Amboy CA
View a list of places like this or a map.This site is best known for it's sign.
Roy's Motel and Café is a motel, café, gas station and auto repair shop, defunct for many years but now being largely restored, on the National Trails Highway of U.S. Route 66 in the Mojave Desert town of Amboy in San Bernardino County, California. The historic site is an example of roadside Mid-Century Modern Googie architecture.
The entire town of Amboy – including the mostly defunct Roy's complex – is owned by and under the stewardship of a private preservationist.
Bobby
Ashford Mill Ruins, Death Valley CA
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Legends of foreign royalty and large sums of money associated with the Ashford Mine drew early tourists to the area.
Unfortunately, the legends, along with the still standing wooden interpretive sign which tells of them, are far more intriguing than they are true. The Ashford Mine, located approximately 5 miles (8 km) east and 3,500 feet (1,067 m) above the mill, did produce gold ore but was not rich enough to justify the large amount of money needed to extract, process and transport that ore. The mine was worked intermittently between 1910 and 1941 by the Ashford brothers or individuals/companies they leased it to.
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Badwater Basin, Death Valley CA
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Badwater Basin is the lowest point in North America at 282 ft (86 m) below sea level. The salt flats here cover nearly 200 square miles (518 square km), and are composed mostly of sodium chloride (table salt), along with calcite, gypsum, and borax.
Stories suggest that Badwater Basin earned its name when a mule belonging to an early surveyor refused to drink from the spring-fed pool near the present-day boardwalk. However, the water here is not truly "bad," just very salty. Despite this high salinity, many organisms not only survive, but thrive here. The pool is home to an endemic snail naturally found only at this location, and its rim is dotted with salt tolerant plants, including pickleweed.
Badwater Basin was once the site of the large ancient inland Lake Manly which evaporated tens of thousands of years before the arrival of the 1849er for whom it was named. The lake had no outlet, leading to the accumulation of sediment and salt over time. When the lake eventually evaporated, concentrated salt deposits were left behind. Today, fascinating geometric salt polygons form on the flats as groundwater rises up through these deposits and evaporates
Bobby
Elevation Changes During the Day
The day started at 508 feet and ended at 3,299 feet. The highest altitude was 4,118 feet and the lowest altitude was 24 feet.
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