Malpais Mesa pics

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Great pics on both days, Trailtrekker!!! Interesting rock in the Malpais area; if I remember anything from my days as a geology major, the reddish rock indicates a high iron content. Those kind of areas have always been interesting to me; I used to stop along the roadway on 395 when I first started driving it to the Sierra. Maybe I need to plan a hike in the area! :nod:

That claim marker is interesting; kind of wild west era. I didn't know they still do that kind of stuff. :-k
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I really enjoyed your pictures TT - that's an area I've been wanting to check out.
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I love the joshua trees with the Sierra in the background. That was a cool hike! I tested my trek talonz (earlier version) there and lost one in the first hour. You didn't see a wierd metal thingie with 4 prongs, did you?

That boxcar cabin was cool, was that near the mine? I didn't see anything like that, maybe I missed it? :(
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No Trek Talons out there and the only animal I saw out there was one BIG A$$ jack rabbit who could have been wearing trek talons as his shoes. Serioulsy, this guy was small dog size!
The cabin was farther up the road (north). Pretty neat.
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One of those jumped out in front of me at Mono Lake. There was snow on the ground so I measured its tracks. It was 10 of my steps (toe to heel steps) from where it jumped out to where it landed, and my boot was 10".

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