On the way to Death Valley

November 13, 2010

Oh, the scenery was stark. And we were just "on the way." We were several miles from Death Valley. NOTHING GROWING...can't imagine what the settlers thought when they got to this place.

The mountain and hill formations were strange. Almost like being on another planet.

We saw bits of dried salt on the way...and more odd formations of rock.

I think they called this the chocolate sundae. Such unique beauty.

Scenes from Zabriskie point...still on the way to Death Valley.



This was the 2nd place we saw evidence of the "Twenty mule team" Borax mining. (The first was on our way from Baker, CA to Pahrump, NV)

People actually hiked through these areas. Looked like a bit of a challenge for "footing" to us.