Parking along the Harry Wade Road, a ways south of the Amargosa River Crossing:
Looking off at the vast stretch of Owlshead terrain which must be crossed in order to reach the military debris area:
This picture will show you how I hiked this canyon, entering at the S Fork and exiting at the N Fork. It's actually a really nice loop:
This lizard was taking shelter from the sun under a rock:
Finding the remains of an old stove out in the middle of nowhere:
And as always, an abundance of tortoise burrows:
Arriving at the crashed fuel tank, which was relatively easy to locate:
Back end of the fuel tank resting on the ground:
This is the middle section of the fuel tank:
And the front end, which has become lodged in a small overgrowing bush:
A close-up of some pipes and wires sticking out of the broken wing section in the middle:
This opening was broken into the front of the hull:
So I put my camera inside and took a picture of what it looked like:
Here was another opening towards the back of the fuel tank:
The next two pictures show you what my camera revealed the inside of the fuel tank looked like from this spot:
The tail of the fuel tank appears to have stayed pretty much intact during the crash:
At about 20 feet in length, the fuel tank is a very lengthy piece of crashed debris:
View from the back of the tail section and fuel tank:
View from the front looking straight down the fuel tank:
Three pictures of Steve next to the fuel tank which help give some perspective on the size of what's left:
Two final close-up views of the fuel tank. It was quite interesting to spend some time checking this out. Definitely worth the hike out here:
Heading into the S Fork canyon. These canyons, of course, are unnamed. But I just labeled them as Military Canyon to identify where they are:
Fairly easy walking through here with very few obstacles to contend with:
Some high walls and the usual rocks found in the Owlsheads:
Here a few boulders have fallen into the wash:
The first dry fall which had to be climbed. Not much of a challenge:
Looking back down, you can see that elevation is gained rather quickly in this canyon:
Sitting on the second dry fall, which was higher but also easy to climb:
Looking over the second dry fall and back out the canyon:
Up ahead, the canyon would round a bend and we would begin to hike up to the crossover point:
The next five pictures were all taken from the overlook point, looking from left to right. The crossover and side trip up to the overlook point were easy to reach:
Now looking to the north and preparing to drop into the N Fork canyon:
Heading back down the N Fork canyon in order to complete the loop. That's one thing I love about the Owlsheads, the ability to loop canyons almost every time:
The next five pictures show what remains of a weather balloon radiosonde. This was sitting right on some rocks at the edge of the canyon wash:
Heading further down the canyon after checking out the strange circuitry:
Pretty colors in the lower canyon, as seen in the next two pictures:
And one final picture as the loop was completed, thus wrapping up this hike:
