TIM McLENEGAN

Desert Adventure 2014

  1. Matt with one of the sculptures at Black Chasm Cavern
  2. Chris and a fire truck at Black Chasm
  3. Matt and Chris on a snowy pass over highway 88
  4. Taking a break to attempt some sledding
  5. Snow play did not end well
  6. Chris uses the path Matt carved in the snow
  7. Much success
  8. Mono Lake and incoming winter storm
  9. Hiking through the Panum Crater next to Mono Lake
  10. Snow on obsidian at the Panum Crater
  11. Giant chunk of obsidian
  12. Mono Lake and incoming storms as seen from Panum Crater-01
  13. Taking shelter from the frigid winds
  14. Mono Lake and incoming storms as seen from Panum Crater (1)
  15. Mono Lake and incoming storms as seen from Panum Crater
  16. Navy Beach on the shores of Mono Lake
  17. Walking along a boardwalk on Mono Lake
  18. Chris and some tufa
  19. Mono Lake tufa
  20. Tufa windows
  21. Mono Lake tufa (1)
  22. Mono Lake tufa detail
  23. Matt and a Mono Lake tufa column
  24. Mono Lake shoreline and incoming winter storm
  25. Mono Lake tufa island
  26. Distant sandstorm created by high winds
  27. Chris considers the social ramifications of endorheic basins
  28. Mono Lake waves kicked up by high winds
  29. Chris is not impressed
  30. Mono Lake shoreline
  31. Birds at Mono Lake
  32. Matt and tufa
  33. Winter storm moves closer
  34. Decorated outhouse at Mono Lake
  35. First dirt road of the trip
  36. Sliver Canyon road leading up the the White Mountains
  37. Eastern Sierras with fresh snowfall-01
  38. Stream crossing!
  39. At the road closure on Silver Canyon Road
  40. Eastern Sierras with fresh snowfall (1)
  41. Eastern Sierras with fresh snowfall
  42. A peak in the Palisades
  43. Snow-covered peaks in the Palisades
  44. What’s up?
  45. Walking to the Sierra Vista in the white mountains at 9000′
  46. Eastern Sierras from the Sierra View Overlook in the White Mountains
  47. The Palisades as seen from the White Mountains
  48. Bristlecone Pines
  49. Road Closed
  50. More snow! 9,500′!
  51. Mount Whitney
  52. Mount Whitney (1)
  53. Mount Whitney and some cholla cacti
  54. Abandoned gas station in the town of Kennedy Meadows high in the eastern Sierras
  55. Matt
  56. Matt and a Joshua Tree
  57. Baby Joshua tree and a cholla cactus
  58. Cholla cactus
  59. Matt like the cactus!
  60. Chris and cacti
  61. Chris and Matt and a Cholla cactus
  62. Closeup of a cholla cactus
  63. Chris and Matt at the ruins of the Sunrise Mill in Joshua Tree NP
  64. Sunrise Mill Ruins in Joshua Tree NP
  65. Chris and Matt and incoming desert storm
  66. Old Dale Road
  67. The park boundary on Old Dale Road
  68. Ruins along Old Dale Road
  69. Joshua Tree grove
  70. Tim and a Joshua Tree
  71. Tim and a Joshua Tree (1)
  72. Desert wildflower
  73. Desert wildflower (1)
  74. Joshua Tree grove (1)
  75. Large Joshua tree
  76. Small Joshua tree
  77. Joshua trees
  78. Sad Joshua tree
  79. Chris and Matt explore some boulders
  80. Prickly pear bloom
  81. Matt takes shelter from the wind
  82. Boulder hills and Joshua trees
  83. Chris consoles the sad Joshua tree
  84. Burnt trees at Joshua Tree National Park
  85. Prickly pear
  86. Joshua tree and boulders
  87. Prickly pear (1)
  88. The pond created by Barker Dam
  89. Petroglyphs in Joshua Tree NP
  90. Boulder hills in Joshua Tree NP
  91. Basalt hills
  92. Desert rabbit
  93. Skull Rock
  94. Chris in a small talus cave
  95. Sun light in a small talus cave
  96. Joshua tree silhouette
  97. Joshua tree and the moon
  98. The Purple Man of the Desert
  99. Laser painting a desert ridge
  100. Beams of light from Orion
  101. Prickly pear bloom (1)
  102. Silver Bell Mine ruins
  103. Old mine entrance at the Silver Bell Mine
  104. Mineral deposit near the Silver Bell Mine
  105. Chris carefully explores an old mine entrance
  106. Looking down an abandoned mine shaft
  107. Some iron pyrite found on the trail near Silver Bell Mine
  108. Bleached shell found near Silver Bell Mine
  109. Entering Painted Canyon in the Mecca Hills
  110. One of the ladders set up in Painted Canyon
  111. A side slot canyon off of Painted Canyon
  112. A ladder climb on the Painted Canyon loop hike
  113. Ascending a ladder on the Painted Canyon loop hike
  114. Looking down in the canyon
  115. Mecca Hills slot canyon
  116. Mecca Hills slot canyon (1)
  117. Desert lizard
  118. Desert lizard (1)
  119. One last ladder to climb out of the canyon
  120. The Mecca Hills
  121. Looking down into Painted Canyon
  122. Vertical walls in Painted Canyon
  123. Rock formation in Painted Canyon
  124. Rock formation detail
  125. Hiking in Painted Canyon
  126. Taking a break in Painted Canyon
  127. Side pool off of the Salton Sea
  128. Side pool off of the Salton Sea (1)
  129. Ruins in Bombay Beach
  130. Not the resort it once was
  131. Russian sub
  132. Chris checks the gauges
  133. Torpedo tube
  134. Russian sonar
  135. Submarines have tight spaces
  136. Chris and a compartment hatch
  137. Matt on a submarine toilet
  138. Lots of valves!
  139. Matt keeps everything in order
  140. What’s going on with this?!
  141. Ceiling valve
  142. Chris gets on the radio
  143. Chris in the Russian sub
  144. Main fuel valve on the Russian sub
  145. Chris goes where he shouldn’t go
  146. Warner Brothers water tower
  147. Shoe phone from Get Smart
  148. General Lee
  149. Batmobiles
  150. Mannequin on the Warner Bros_ lot
  151. The Friends set
  152. Studio prop
  153. Not sure how to defuse this
  154. Matt hits Chris with 2×4s
  155. White House seal
  156. Academy Award from the ’40s
  157. Can’t go to LA without seeing Randy’s Donuts
  158. Randy’s Donuts
  159. Point Vicente lighthouse
  160. Point Vicente lighthouse (1)
  161. Point Vicente lighthouse (2)
  162. Point Vicente lighthouse (3)
  163. Peacocks in So Cal
  164. Korean Friendship Bell
  165. Ships sail out from Long Beach
  166. So Cal sunset
  167. Colors at the Korean Friendship Bell
  168. Definitive So Cal picture
  169. Matt intercepts Chris’ picture
  170. A-12 trainer at the California Science Center
  171. Mission Control mockup
  172. Endeavour
  173. The Endeavour’s engines
  174. Chris under the Endeavour
  175. Endeavour (1)
  176. Endeavour (2)
  177. Space Shuttle engine
  178. Matt has a snowmobile disaster
  179. Turtle
  180. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  181. Under the A-12
  182. A-12
  183. Matt on top of the Vasquez Rocks
  184. Matt performs the Double-Fist Punchâ„¢ on Chris
  185. Alien planet fight
  186. Vasquez Rocks
  187. Vasquez Rocks (1)