Gil and Jenny are scheduled to survey a known fault line in the Death Valley area. Accompanied by a Park Service employee, the set up camp and then go to visit the Lost Burro Mine. Gil, who in familiar with the area, has a surprise for his wife. Nature has bigger surprise for them both.
If you ever have the opportunity to take a ride on a “taxi brousse” in West Africa, it’s quite a different way of traveling. A lot of people squeeze into a Peugeot 404 pickup and go bucketing down the red laterite roads. If you can keep from worrying too much about hitting people and things as you roar through the villages, you might note the behavior of the local animals.