
When you break down in the middle of nowhere it is important to keep your priorities straight:

Evolving view as we climbed upward

Last view to Warren Peak and Cottonwood Creek

View to Surprise Valley

Ray admires the view

Lower Alkali Lake

View towards the small town of Alturas

View now to Warren Peak (far) and Peak 8298

View From Patterson Lake

A new view for Pro to enjoy

Clouds disappearing

I Can See For Miles and Miles

Peak 8298 at dawn

A small creek hides in the shadows

middle alkali lake

Surprise Valley Hot Springs, CA (0848)

Hot Springs Near Cedarville, California at Dusk

Hot Springs Near Cedarville, California at Dusk

Thermal Tentacles

Surprise Valley Hot Springs, CA (0832)

Not a particularly healthy stand of trees

Surprise Valley, CA (0827)

Along the Summit Trail to Cottonwood Lake, Modoc National Forest, CA

Skirting a large meadow

Surprise Valley, CA (0844)

Looks like we are in the southwest

Oregon is just beyond Upper Alkali Lake

We enjoyed the shade wherever we could find it

False summit of Squaw Mountain