Heading to the campground, the first sight that really wowed me was Zabriskie Point. We had the trailer still hitched up, though, so we continued on to the campground. By the time we were unhitched and such, it was dark, so we chose to make dinner and stay inside. The next day, however, the kids and I headed out to explore the park. Bill had to work, so he stayed at the trailer while we played.
NS was digging this ledge. K wasn't happy with him going out there, but it was a pretty good place for him to explore.
After Zabriskie Point, we decided to hit the lowest spot in the US, Badwater Basin. There's a huge salt field you get to walk upon, which was totally awesome.
The kids spent a good amount of time checking out the salt structure, we were all fascinated with the hair-like structure. Oh, I wish I had brought my eye lenses with me! I normally travel with magnifying lenses, but I had taken them out for whatever poor reason, and did not have them. So sad.
This is where the whining kicked in. Death Valley has been, by far, our hottest adventure this winter. With temperatures in the low 80s, we were reminded of how little we like to hike in the heat. Even in July, we were in Banff with temperatures in the 60s or so. So the 80s were sucking the fun out of us. And the rocks on this hike were loose and found their way into our boots. We bailed on this hike with relative speed.
Before heading back to the trailer, we hit the Devil's Golf Course. With ground so jagged, only the devil himself could play on those links, or so it's said. There are warnings all over that talk about injury and to tread carefully. And we did. Notice that only four kids are in the picture. The fifth couldn't be bothered to get his butt out of the van. Slacker.
We finished the day with a night time visit to the Mesquite Flat Dunes. Bill got some amazing pictures, but my camera hates night time pics. Oh well.
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