Phil,
Perhaps someday we can meet in the middle as we have a lot in common and more than a few tall tales to share. Trying to put together a March trip to Pahrump which we will use as a base camp to thoroughly explore Death Valley on my Indian. This winter has been a bit of a challenge with the weather cutting into my bike riding, golf, and RV'ing but only another month to go.
Took this shot from my driveway this morning looking up at Mt Lemon {9,200'}. You can't see the top 3K' due to the clouds but they have a couple of feet of snow up there. Temps are headed down into the 20's tonight but a balmy 40 here today.

:B