The trail head at Salt Water Creek is located a short distance south of Death Valley on 127, just barely outside of the park. There is a small parking lot with room for a few cars. It is unremarkable from the road, but the hike is very interesting and well worth the effort. It was easy to spend a half day, and we would have explored further if time permitted. We saw 9 chuckwallas.
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| Hiking the trail at Salt Water Creek |
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| Lotus along the trail |
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| Remains of a mining cabin where we ate lunch in the shade of the walls. |
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| A Chuckwalla basking on a rock before we caught it. |
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| Spotted Langloisia |
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| Ian showing us the nice coloration of the chuckwalla he caught |
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| Desert Weevil (no common name) |
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| Grandpa holding the chuckwalla before we let it go. |
