Amargosa River flooding pictures

Last weekend, I drove up to our property in Nevada. We have a few acres 90 miles west of Las Vegas, bordering on Death Valley National Park. Rains like we’ve had lately do not come by often, so I took my camera to take full advantage of the situation!




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Amargosa River in flood.

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The Funeral Mountains at Sun Rise
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The Amargosa River under CA 127
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This turned out better than I thought it would.
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South of Shoshone, CA, the Amargosa River leaves the road, and goes through the hills. It exits at Dumont Dunes.
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A few years ago, I hiked
that section
from the China Date Ranch (fruits you know!) down to
here.
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Give it two more weeks, and there will be lots of wild flowers ehre
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On the dirt road from Dumont Dunes to CA 127
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The hills are green!
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Salt Creek at CA 127
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Salt Creek, at CA 127
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CA 127 driving south into Baker. Dead ahead is Silver (Dry?) Lake
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These here are of the Mojave River in Victorville, as Interstate 15 passes over the river
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