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We're on the road, as we speak. We deflate when necessary to continue forward motion. Also, the North Road leading into Death Valley is open with no alerts, but from my experience one of the worst and longest stretches of washboard road anywhere. Last time we were on it I tried to grit it out with full pressure but finally relented dropping the pressure to 28 pounds. After about 50 miles of smooth low pressure I checked the tire temperature and it was elevated but not dangerously so.
One of our goals is the jeep road that leads from the back of the Eureka Dunes to Saline Valley. I've been on this truly obscure trail in my pressure lowered Jeep and it was not a big deal. Never even used the lockers. I have a friend who inherited his German GroBvater's Synchro Kampwagon and he drove the road with no woe. Historically, there was one place in a rocky arroyo that precluded passage of any vehicle wider than 61 inches. That clog was erased some years ago when a tremendous T-storm filled the breach with sand and the narrows became wide enough to pass a wider vehicle. The Eureka Dunes are a particularly interesting area, just appearing as if from no where. There is a small unimproved area to set up camp at the foot of the dunes. Fortunately, it's foot traffic only on the dunes. There are some little critters who only live in and on these dunes. It is one lonely area.
Here's a rear view with our new Little Giant ladder instead of sissor stairs, 4.10 gears, Detroit True Trac's, front and rear, and 35" tires on steel wheels:
