Death Valley National Park, CA


This is our 3rd visit to this National Park and have to say enjoyed it so very much this trip! Of course we love all the National Parks but this time we made a point to get out and do more hiking and although we have seen a lot of this park before we saw even more this time. This park has some lovely slot canyons perfect for hiking and the salt/borax that collects all over too. Walked up the sand dunes and even saw some wildlife... a few lizards and a roadrunner with something in his mouth (looked like it had a long tail) - Met some great people from Mass so that was great too. No phone service in park and dry camped at Furnace Creek. Never knew this before but they have a very large heated pool from natural spring that is open to public for no fee. There are rumblings they may start charging for people who are not guests of their Inn/cabins but no charge as of now. They have a nice golf course there, tennis courts and a small date farm too. Fun!

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Great to see you guys on here! Excellent blog... keep up the good work!

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