Day 14

Death Valley. But it's such a dry heat! After quick showers, we hit the road to explore Death Valley. Our first trip was a nine mile loop around Artist Point. There we got to see Rock Formations colored green, pink, and purple. Very pretty. The thing about Death Valley is that the types of rocks change to different colors, textures, heights, and directions, very quickly as you are driving. We went to the Badlands of Death Valley. The lowest point in all of North America. 282 feet below sea level. It was very hot, like 105 or something early in the morning. There were puddles of water left over from the winter with crusts of salt scattered throughout. Our next stop was a trail to take where you could see a natural stone bridge. Joe went w/o me as I opted for the cool comfort of the AC in the car. He took pictures that were pretty cool. We saw the Devil's Golf Course where there is a field of salt formations covering the ground. No golf happens there, however. The neatest thing we saw was Zapraski Point. The most vibrant colors anywhere in Death Valley, and the neatest formations of rock overlooking the salt floors below. The land scape here is like nowhere else on earth. It is hard to describe and like so many of the sights we have experience the past two weeks, pictures do not do many scenes justice.