They're waayyyyy off the beaten track. Racetrack is extremely difficult to get to unless you have 4-wheel drive and a high-clearance vehicle. Making a trip out that-a-way generally takes a fair amount of planning because unless you have special tires, it's not recommended you drive faster than 15 mph because the road is so rough tourists regularly have their tires popped and they get stranded. You have to be especially careful in the summer because that road is only patrolled once every few days.
Fun factoid: Park Service had a run-in with the Manson clan along the road there, back in the day before they all got arrested.
The explanation I've heard is that when it does rain there it really pelts down (like most desert storms) and turns that dusty clay into slick mud. That coupled with a good wind and big rocks slide around quite easily.
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That is incredibly cool.
And yet, I would not want to turn my back on them. Something in my lizard-brain thinks this is really, really creepy.
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They're waayyyyy off the beaten track. Racetrack is extremely difficult to get to unless you have 4-wheel drive and a high-clearance vehicle. Making a trip out that-a-way generally takes a fair amount of planning because unless you have special tires, it's not recommended you drive faster than 15 mph because the road is so rough tourists regularly have their tires popped and they get stranded. You have to be especially careful in the summer because that road is only patrolled once every few days.
Fun factoid: Park Service had a run-in with the Manson clan along the road there, back in the day before they all got arrested.
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weird. FUCKING weird.
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Eerie.
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