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Borax Lake

Start at Fields and head north to the highway interchange. Follow the gravel road, which tends to be rutted, along the big power line for a couple miles east. Somewhere along about two miles a gravel road heads left. After about a mile it comes to a gate, which is marked with a warning that kids and pets may disappear into the shifty ground. We've never actually lost any.

Close the gate behind you and drive on, a short ways, to the old borax works and hot springs near the lake, which sits at the south end of the Alvord Desert.

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