August 6
Total Driving: 438 Miles
So early rising today. I woke up with a pretty bad headache, which definitely slowed me down. Got back to bed for some sleep and then we packed up camp quickly to get on the road. We really were fast, kind of getting in a camping rhythm.
On the rode we saw the Hoover dam. What a let down. Laura and I both were pretty excited about coming up on it and it just seemed like a big wall. Now don’t get me wrong I know it is very effective and useful but it just didn’t do that much for me.
We snagged two stamps though for the Old Spanish trail (I don’t even know what that is) and for Lake Mead national Recreation Area.
We then drove quite a bit, stopped for some Starbucks and then headed to a town called Shoshone. We stopped at a diner called the Crowbar café and Saloon. We both got some great burgers, which really set us up for some desert exploration.
Death Valley was just another thing in a long line of things we had not seen before in this country. There were a lot of different salt collections because at times it has lakes or rivers which are dried up particularly in the summer and so the There are some awesome salt collections including the Devil’s golf course which is very neat.
We then went on this great drive called the Artists drive and saw the Artist’s palette. Just spectacular colors Formed by different lava and sediment, iron oxides, copper and different minerals, which are so spectacular in the colors, it forms. Truly like God had the artist in mind when creating it.
We then finally got to the all important visitor center with 15 minutes to spare to get the passport stamp. . Hot dignity it was time to go swim in the natural spring fed/chemical free pool. Very great experience. And it was like the best European Speedo People watching experience of my life3. Who comes to Death Valley in the summer, Super buff European Families and these two hearty Midwest quite the contrast
We settled in for some pizza and Air Conditioning and bed enjoyment after some great showers and even watched some TV. Just a great experience. Wish we had a little more hotel experience built in but so far everything has been great might as well run with it.
So early rising today. I woke up with a pretty bad headache, which definitely slowed me down. Got back to bed for some sleep and then we packed up camp quickly to get on the road. We really were fast, kind of getting in a camping rhythm.
On the rode we saw the Hoover dam. What a let down. Laura and I both were pretty excited about coming up on it and it just seemed like a big wall. Now don’t get me wrong I know it is very effective and useful but it just didn’t do that much for me.
We snagged two stamps though for the Old Spanish trail (I don’t even know what that is) and for Lake Mead national Recreation Area.
We then drove quite a bit, stopped for some Starbucks and then headed to a town called Shoshone. We stopped at a diner called the Crowbar café and Saloon. We both got some great burgers, which really set us up for some desert exploration.
Death Valley was just another thing in a long line of things we had not seen before in this country. There were a lot of different salt collections because at times it has lakes or rivers which are dried up particularly in the summer and so the There are some awesome salt collections including the Devil’s golf course which is very neat.
We then went on this great drive called the Artists drive and saw the Artist’s palette. Just spectacular colors Formed by different lava and sediment, iron oxides, copper and different minerals, which are so spectacular in the colors, it forms. Truly like God had the artist in mind when creating it.
We then finally got to the all important visitor center with 15 minutes to spare to get the passport stamp. . Hot dignity it was time to go swim in the natural spring fed/chemical free pool. Very great experience. And it was like the best European Speedo People watching experience of my life3. Who comes to Death Valley in the summer, Super buff European Families and these two hearty Midwest quite the contrast
We settled in for some pizza and Air Conditioning and bed enjoyment after some great showers and even watched some TV. Just a great experience. Wish we had a little more hotel experience built in but so far everything has been great might as well run with it.
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