Death Valley, CA May 16

OMG, if we thought it was hot at Valley of Fire SP, it was hotter at Death Valley National Park.  I went on a few quarter mile hikes while the temps were still only in the high 90's.

This trek was a bit of a mistake, at least we have 4wd.

From Zabriskie Point.  If you look hard enough you can see Badwater Basin w the lowest point in North America at 282' below sea level.

20-mule train that pulled 10 tons of borax ore at a time.

But then all bets were off when temps were up to 111 degrees.  

We finished the drive out, going from below sea level to 4000', then back down to sea level, then back up to 4000', kinda lost track of these iterations.

We anchored ourselves in Lone Pine for 2 nights.  It again had been 8 nights at 8 different campsites, so it felt nice to get caught up on laundry and some home business.

We knew we were very close to Mt Whitney, the 48's tallest peak.  Best I could do was get a snapshot of a poster in the camp office.