Our new Bimmer shines on its maiden voyage, which included one flooded road (the stationed NHP trooper said it was safe-ish)

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A double rainbow connects Great Basin National Park (far right) with the Mount Moriah Wilderness to the north (not pictured)

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After spending a miserable night in Ely, we get an early start in the park

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The plaque reads:

Stephen Tyng Mather
July.4.1867. Jan. 22;1930

He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and concerned unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done.

When Mather died, the NPS erected this plaque in every existing park; how did Great Basin get one since and not Joshua Tree?

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The view from the overlook includes Jeff Davis Peak, Wheeler Peak, and Lehman Creek (see notes above)

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