dir_thumb img_20170703_183256828.jpg #vid_20170701_185605250.mp4 On playa! almost vid_20170701_185659534.mp4 About to enter playa! [Video] #img_20170701_185903681.jpg The playa #img_20170701_191255946_hdr.jpg We drive through the scrub onto the playa! #2017-07-01_19-13-23_hdr.jpg img_20170701_191340475_hdr.jpg We drive through the scrub onto the playa! img_20170701_192721030.jpg Riding the top of the bus as we drive into the flats vid_20170701_192625720_hdr.mp4 Top of the bus [Video] #vid_20170701_192648642_hdr.mp4 Top of the bus Drone-Footage.mp4 Drone footage showing the barren space that is Fourth of Juplaya [Video, 80M] Horseshoes.mp4 We run into Jason and invent the game "Bus Horseshoes" [Video, 56M] #Horseshoes img_20170703_183256828.jpg Uh oh. The bus is stuck. #img_20170703_183258693.jpg Uh oh. The bus is stuck. Map.Approx-Location.png Map showing approximate location that we were stuck (the red pin). Civilization is down in Gerlach, which you can see at the bottom of the desert. Map.Approx-Location-3D.png A 3-D map of where the bus was stuck, where you can see the curvature of the earth! (to show some perspective) We were up in the right at the left of the two yellow pins. The hot springs are the pin on the right. The city of Gerlach is down towards the bottom-left of the map, almost 30 miles away. Map.Approx-Hike.png Our hike from the bus to the hot springs. From the far left yellow pin to the top right pin, where we got our bearings and headed down past the bottom right pin to the greenish "r" shaped area that is Black Rock Hot Springs. About 8 miles round trip. #Map.Approx-Hike-3D.png #img_20170703_190231929.jpg #img_20170703_190233220.jpg #img_20170703_190237726.jpg img_20170703_191713155.jpg We roam the desert floor, searching for rocks to put under the wheels to try to create traction. img_20170703_190239614.jpg Charlie's desert gear is minimal. #img_20170703_190239614.full.jpg #img_20170703_205823987.jpg #img_20170703_205826785.jpg #img_20170703_205827719.jpg img_20170703_205831580.jpg During one of the evenings that we are stuck, Charlie decides to make a dance film. This is not that film. This is a crappy, low-light photo from my phone camera. #img_20170703_205832821.jpg #img_20170703_205832821_top.jpg img_20170702_220942901.jpg Black Rock Hot Springs, a walkway in the darkness. #img_20170702_221007723.jpg Looking into the water is a bit sketchy #img_20170702_221010152.jpg Looking into the water is a bit sketchy img_20170702_221016370_hdr.jpg Looking into the water is a bit sketchy img_20170702_222832221.jpg We stick our feet in for a bit. It's hot! img_20170704_155707306.jpg Back on the road! We survived! #img_20170704_155709590.jpg img_20170704_155717534.jpg Wadsworth and Frank are relieved. #img_20170704_160455912.jpg We see evidence of the fires on the drive out. That was not one of the black mountains before. #img_20170704_160541803.jpg #img_20170704_161458373.jpg #img_20170704_161504539.jpg #img_20170704_163507815.jpg Parts are still burning. Sad. #img_20170704_163509601.jpg img_5743.jpg The mountains are still on fire while we are leaving. img_5744.jpg It's a sad drive #img_5747.jpg mvi_5739.mp4 Helicopters all along the mountains, running water img_5749.jpg Back on I-80, where the fire actually jumped the freeway img_5752.jpg Trucks left behind for fighting the fire.