{"id":10005,"date":"2024-04-30T23:48:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T06:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/?p=10005"},"modified":"2024-05-01T08:38:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T15:38:08","slug":"death-valley-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/2024\/04\/30\/death-valley-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Valley &#8217;24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Between starting a new job &amp; taking some delightful journeys in our new Airstream, we&#8217;ve been remiss in actually updating the ol&#8217; Micronaxx blog. So as not to let April get away entirely without an update, I&#8217;ll mention some highlights from my inaugural outing with Finn &amp; the trailer\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.google.com\/share\/AF1QipPKkwIwWy_8G5s-RcfBrSkZxLDqgUF0aCCKAvE3hpFuLTQVXzH8PWXxLh5zSTU8UQ?key=Z1VQazlPSkRuNkZUT3VCRTBBcHpqSGMxUUpkM0tB\">the gallery from which you can see here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;MNK&#8221; (Margot Nack&#8217;s Kid), as he&#8217;s known, was an incredibly resourceful, level-headed companion on what was inevitably a slightly intimidating outing towing more than 3,000 pounds of bucking metal behind us. Happily we were able to overcome a few teething problems and make our way safely out to the desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7029-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10036\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7029-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7029-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7029-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7029.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlights included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Glimpsing a rare lake (!) in the driest place in North America. All those early-year rains made for quite the sight of kayakers paddling around the foot-deep expanse. Compare that to my previous visit with Henry, during which we <a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/rTzRS1YJZwevbEYn9\">crunched around the dry lake bed with our vintage Lego spacemen<\/a> &amp; simulated the lunar surface.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Camping in a 31-person town that featured a single restaurant staffed by &#8220;Stressed Uncle Ted&#8221; (as Finn dubbed him), the one-man waitstaff.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catching a beautiful sunrise at Zabriskie Point, then driving up to the funky communities of Beatty, NV &amp; Goldfield, NV (home to outdoor sculpture gardens, art cars, kooky locals, and free-range donkeys).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Checking out The International Car Forest (see <a href=\"https:\/\/lumalabs.ai\/embed\/500bc87c-d0c8-49a2-950d-e6d8d4e1d560?mode=sparkles&amp;background=%23ffffff&amp;color=%23000000&amp;showTitle=true&amp;loadBg=true&amp;logoPosition=bottom-left&amp;infoPosition=bottom-right&amp;cinematicVideo=undefined&amp;showMenu=false\">link<\/a> in case the animation below doesn&#8217;t play), where Hen, Sarah Murray, and I had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaJgVbqj13_\/\">photographed fire breathers<\/a> back in 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hiking up to &#8220;The Star of Siam,&#8221; which Finn &amp; I had previously summited with our friend Maria back in 2017. I think he found the climb far more tractable at age 16 than at age 8!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/photos.google.com\/share\/AF1QipPKkwIwWy_8G5s-RcfBrSkZxLDqgUF0aCCKAvE3hpFuLTQVXzH8PWXxLh5zSTU8UQ?key=Z1VQazlPSkRuNkZUT3VCRTBBcHpqSGMxUUpkM0tB\">gallery<\/a> if you&#8217;re feeling it, and here&#8217;s to many more epic roadtrips with the fam!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7047-1024x309.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10037\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7047-1024x309.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7047-300x91.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7047-768x232.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7047.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lumalabs.ai\/embed\/500bc87c-d0c8-49a2-950d-e6d8d4e1d560?mode=sparkles&amp;background=%23ffffff&amp;color=%23000000&amp;showTitle=true&amp;loadBg=true&amp;logoPosition=bottom-left&amp;infoPosition=bottom-right&amp;cinematicVideo=undefined&amp;showMenu=false\" width=\"890\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"luma embed\" style=\"border: none;\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between starting a new job &amp; taking some delightful journeys in our new Airstream, we&#8217;ve been remiss in actually updating the ol&#8217; Micronaxx blog. 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