Death Valley

Traveled over 100 miles through the starkly beautiful landscape of Death Valley to Las Vegas. As we are well into fall (autumn) the temperatures were quite moderate, only getting into the 80's (mid to high 20's)  The record is 134 F (over 50 C) in 1913! Stopped off at an old borax extraction mine, and took in the views from Zubriskie Point.  Las Vegas was a Disneyland for adults, not really our scene.

The endless roads disappearing into the mountains

Dead tree at Mesquite Flat Dunes

Mesquite Flat Dunes

Borax mine

Salt and borax deposits

Tom investigating the deposits in a dry wash

Tom investigating the deposits in a dry wash, we were about 200 feet below sea level

The Borax mine

A visitor enjoying the views at Zubriskie Point

Zubriskie Point views

The road to Almagordo

Almagordo