We have visited Death Valley about three times before so we passed through without visiting the usual stops, we did have a walk to Zabriskie Point, they have now built a posh path. There were lots of visitors, we were not the only ones braving 44oC/110oF.
For those who don't know Death Valley is the hottest place on earth it holds the world record for hottest air temperature 134oF/57oC. It is the driest place in the USA and has the lowest point in the USA at 282ft below sea level.
As we left we came across a lone coyote dicing with death on the road, hoping someone would feed it - poor thing looked so thin.
The drive over Townes Pass seemed endless, we had to stop at the top as poor Dodge got a tad warm! We had lunch while she cooled down!
We were heading to Lake Isabella, we got to where it should be, but there was no lake, the lady at the campground said because there was no snow on Mount Whitney last winter, the lake was only 5% full. We will try to find the 5% tomorrow!
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| ZABRISKIE POINT |
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| FURNACE CREEK |
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| ZABRISKIE POINT |
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| OUR RIG AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PATH TO ZABRISKIE POINT |
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| NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO TAKE A SELFIE - CAMERA BALANCED ON A ROCK! |
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| HUNGRY COYOTE |
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| THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD |
Love that area. Love those pics. We got pics of the coyote in 2012. Ru going toThe Race Track?love T&S
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ReplyDeleteHere is the pic we took of the coyote in 2012: https://picasaweb.google.com/108538278975135885212/Badwater?authkey=Gv1sRgCPHQj46e4-LBcQ#slideshow/5846257300491023650
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ReplyDeleteZabriskie Point has all sorts of memories - have you seen the film? It has echoes of Easy Rider, though it is also v. strange, but this bit is a lovely, romantic reflection of what is great about the place (could be censored though). https://youtu.be/1Ng-_fPwV9E. Did you see anything like this when you were there?
DeleteHi fastrak 100 -I still dont know if you get these replies but cant get this clip from youtube and no we did think about going to the racetrack but the heat was just too much to go there we really just used Death Valley as a way across.
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