A Few Miles Up Wheeler Pass Road

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A Few Miles Up Wheeler Pass Road

Wheeler Pass Road near Pahrump, Nevada. Not to be confused with Walker Pass Road in California.
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Pahrump has a really nice racetrack. #racing#motorsports#pahrump#wheelerpassroad#nyecounty#explore#roadtrip

A post shared by Tom Farley (@tgfarley) on Aug 13, 2020 at 7:17am PDT

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Heading up the hill. Not enough time to find the end today. ATV land. Road big enough for commerce but no pier lines of any coming in. #geologyrocks #geology #rockhound #hiking #pahrump#nyecounty#exploring

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Countryside. #springmountains#pahrump#explore#geology#wheelerpass #geologyrocks#nyecounty#

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The things I get into. Put on full gloves at this point, some sliding, some hand over hand, big knee lifting in the draw itself. Where am I going? Everything moving on this hill. #hiking#geology#outdoors #desert#mojave#pahrump#junipers#mojavedesert#

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My faded plant background always slows me down. #geology #geologistonboard #geologyrocks#rockhound#rovks#explore

A post shared by Tom Farley (@tgfarley) on Aug 13, 2020 at 2:42pm PDT

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Now to get down. Most of the time I had to hold on to scrub as all rocks were moving. That’s one reason for gloves, you can’t get a tight grip on most desert plants without gloves. I had a hiking pole but it couldn’t grip the moving rock, some of this was crawling backwards downslope, hand over hand, one rock at a time. Met a sleeping rattlesnake. Left him be. #hiking#springmountainsnationalrecreationarea #pahrump#explore#rocks #geology

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On a personal note.

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Requiem for a dead lizard. Before pest control came out to spray the house I am now renting, I told the landlord that “there was a group of happy lizards around the house so the pest control people should be cognizant of this.” The landlord said he talked to them and nothing they used was poisonous to animals.” Two hours after the guy left I found this dead lizard a few feet from my back door. Maybe a coincidence but I haven’t seen the other two or three several hours later and they were always running around and present. When I worked in the green trade in California I had to get a qualified applicator’s certificate from the State so I am kind of sensitive about this. I know I shouldn’t be upset about the loss of a few lizards but I told everybody in advance. And I am upset. #lizard#wildlife#littlethings#pahrump

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