Last October four trucks and 6 guys set off from Chico California to the Black Rock Desert. One of the guys had been a few times in the past but it was many years ago, well actually closer to a couple of decades. The trucks consisted of my 200 series, an 80 series, a 62, and a Land Rover Defender.
We decided to enter the Black Rock Desert from the North. From Chico it is nearly an identical amount of time to get to the south entrance of BR as it is to get the north entrance. Since the one guy who had been before had never started at the north we ended up going that route. So from Chico you basically head north to Redding and then take 299 all the way to Cedarville, Ca.
Cedarville is the last place to gas up before entering Black Rock. There is no gas once in Black Rock so for the amount of days we were going for we were all carrying at least 35 gallons of gas for the adventure.
Our first day consisted of starting at 8 in the morning from Chico. We made it to Cedarville for lunch and then headed through Stevenson Camp ( a common camp spot for many) in order to find our way to the start of the High Rock Canyon. We found a spot to camp just before dark a little ways into the canyon. The weather was perfect but it did get down into the upper 20s that first night. Most importantly no wind what so ever.
Below are pictures of day 1, I'll make posts for each day. Might take me the week to get all 5 days posted. The pictures get better and better. Is there a way to insert videos?
The crew at the Nevada state line about to crossover:
A shot of my 200 aka Zombie looking West back towards Cali
The hills before you get to High Rock
Our camp spot for the night
A view from our day 1 camp site with the drone
We decided to enter the Black Rock Desert from the North. From Chico it is nearly an identical amount of time to get to the south entrance of BR as it is to get the north entrance. Since the one guy who had been before had never started at the north we ended up going that route. So from Chico you basically head north to Redding and then take 299 all the way to Cedarville, Ca.
Cedarville is the last place to gas up before entering Black Rock. There is no gas once in Black Rock so for the amount of days we were going for we were all carrying at least 35 gallons of gas for the adventure.
Our first day consisted of starting at 8 in the morning from Chico. We made it to Cedarville for lunch and then headed through Stevenson Camp ( a common camp spot for many) in order to find our way to the start of the High Rock Canyon. We found a spot to camp just before dark a little ways into the canyon. The weather was perfect but it did get down into the upper 20s that first night. Most importantly no wind what so ever.
Below are pictures of day 1, I'll make posts for each day. Might take me the week to get all 5 days posted. The pictures get better and better. Is there a way to insert videos?
The crew at the Nevada state line about to crossover:
A shot of my 200 aka Zombie looking West back towards Cali
The hills before you get to High Rock
Our camp spot for the night
A view from our day 1 camp site with the drone
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