Death Valley National Park

Thursday, September 17th- Friday, September 18th

“Water, water, water....There is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly the right amount , a perfect ratio of water to rock, water to sand, insuring that wide free open, generous spacing among plants and animals, homes and towns and cities, which makes the arid West so different from any other part of the nation. There is no lack of water here unless you try to establish a city where no city should be.” 

- Edward Abbey 

Breath taking views as we arrived in Death Valley.  We arrived around 6:00 p.m and drove for about 90 minutes as the sun was beginning to set.  We saw such amazing colors as the light and shadows reflected on the land around!

We spent the night in Death Valley and had the most incredible view of the stars in the night sky (unfortunately no pictures).

Again, we woke up to an amazing sunrise with glowing colors all around.  We packed up and drove down to below sea level where we walked in the sand dunes and took in more sights before it got too hot. Death Valley has extreme differences in many ways. One of them being the high and low of land. Right in Death Valley sits Telescope Peak which reaches as high as 11, 043 feet and the Badwater Basin is the lowest point sitting at 280 feet below sea level.  This point is the lowest, hottest and driest place in North America.