I arrive home at the tent just as it's getting dark; my first job is to add chlorine tablets to my water, to make if drinkable
Date: November 23, 2012, 16h52
I hike the 1.5-mile-long stretch of the old Ivanpah railway grade northbound to the Bathtub Spring area
Several slots were blasted through the rocky hills 100 years ago to create a fairly flat railway bed. The Bathtub Spring Peaks in the background, where I hiked in May 2011, pick up the golden pre-sunset light.