We stayed there for a night, parked right among the pinnacles, and then we decided to head on to Ridgecrest. We ran some errands, got some Internet, and decided to go a little bit up Hwy 395 to a BLM campground called Fossil Falls.
Fossil Falls was really cool! There was a bunch of volcanic activity a long time ago, and so there's all these neat, volcanic-looking, black rocks scattered all around. There are also some dry falls that you can hike to. There's a bunch of rocks in the riverbed where the falls used to be, and the water polished them so they're REALLY smooth. We had a lot of fun climbing around there, it was really cool!
The next morning, after some biking and some math, we headed back up 395, planning to stay at the Alabama Hills Recreation Area, which is a bunch of BLM land outside of Lone Pine. But first, there was something that we had to do...
So, we took a little detour! It was a little bit out of our way, but it was a pretty great stop. It was in the middle of nowhere, on some BLM OHV area, about a quarter mile off the road. (36°19’51.00″N, 117°44’42.88″W) We hiked out to it, and there it was! There's the dead Joshua tree, the plaque, a few guitars, and a suitcase filled with U2-related stuff. We took some pictures too...
Watch out for those rattlers now. Be safe.
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