Death Valley National Park, United States Travel Blogs

The lowest point in the USA
Apr 3, 2008 (24 photos)

... to camp there but upon review of the temperatures and sites we thought it better to make a day trip out of it.   This National Park is only a couple hours away and takes almost as long to drive through as it take to drive to!  The place is ...

Death Valley...............
Aug 27, 2008 (12 photos)

... Rather than just tootle back to LA the same way we came we decided to follow a loop route which takes in The Death Valley National Park, and catches the lower tip of the Sequoia National Park before finding the north western corner of LA. We set out, ...

DEAD HOT IN DEATH VALLEY….
Sep 19, 2009 (8 photos)

... that awaited us in Death Valley…. Flush from the beautiful Alpine-like meadows in Yosemite, we enjoyed a great drive to Death Valley following the Sierra Nevada most of the way and marvelling at the vast valley vistas before us. We stepped out of ...

Death Valley
Jul 9, 2008 (4 photos)

... , leaving only salt behind. We drive on the 190 into Death Valley till the junction with the 136. Instead of driving further into Death Valley, we went North for only a few miles to a place called Keeler. At Keeler we turned right to continue on an unpaved ...

Days 76 and 77: Death Valley
Nov 6, 2009 (8 photos)

The following morning we set off to the Death Valley National Park.  The drive took us out into the desert and the landscape became more sparse as we progressed on the journey.  We entered the National Park and stopped off at Ziberski point. & ...

Feeling HOT! 105 degrees...in the shade!
May 27, 2009 (4 photos)

We headed from Yosemtie towards Death Valley and stayed a night in Bishop, a small town you have to pass through to get to Death Valley. We picked up some more camping supplies and continued the next day on our journey.. We knew we were approaching Death ...

Death Valley
Aug 4, 2008 (6 photos)

Death Valley National Park

Day 10 Sunday Baker to Death Valley
May 24, 2009 (80 photos)

... on the 178 to enter Death Valley from the south. There was a fair climb over the hills but finally we dropped into Death Valley as the temperatures steadily rose. We stopped at a few places for photos before arriving at Badwater. Badwater is the lowest ...

Day 11 Monday Death Valley
May 25, 2009 (39 photos)

... for Dante's Point (I keep wanting to say Peak but that was a Pierce Brosnan movie!).   We took the 190 towards Death Valley Junction - it's a cracking road, must have only been resurfaced recently. We turned off to Dante's View and back onto a ...

Oven baked in Death Valley at 50 degrees...aaah!!
Jun 30, 2008 (30 photos)

photos and blog to come!

Death Valley
Mar 22, 2008 (30 photos)

... its really pretty in March when its only 75 degrees and not 120.  From Aunt Isabel's she drove us the hour to Death Valley National Park in California to show us around the Southern tip of the park.  We did the quick driving tour of the Valley ...

Devils golf course and the lowest point
Oct 5, 2009

Death Valley NP has more to offer than what many people think... I will get back to it when I have the time..

A complete silence in Death Valley
Jan 20, 2009 (18 photos)

... , there was complete silence no white noise, no animals.  It was nothing but silence.  An incredible experience. Death Valley's peak session should be winter (now) as the temperatures are hot but not unbearable like summer but luckily for us ...

Death Valley, California
Apr 6, 2008 (20 photos)

Finally the pinnacle of Ivan's trip so far - the much anticipated Death Valley.  D somewhat nervous about the name, which doesn't do justice to this beautful, fascinating landscape.  Again the photos tell the story....

Death Valley
Aug 25, 2009 (5 photos)

Nach einer durchschwitzten Nacht im Tal des Todes, wir hatten auch nach Sonnenuntergang nicht unter 35 Grad und wurden morgens mit einem tollen Sonnenaufgang belohnt. Das Tal erstrahlte in vielen Farben der unterschiedlichsten Steinformationen. Das ...

It's Called Death Valley for a Reason
Sep 25, 2009 (158 photos)

... ’s no shade anywhere. Even our cold water here is coming out the tap hot. Mum bought a glass that says: “I survived, perspired, cursed the heat, nearly passed out and barely made it out of Death Valley National Park.” It’s so true.

Trip from SF, CA to Denver, CO
Jul 4, 2008

weiter ins Death Valley Richtung Nevada... sehr beeindruckend - ...

To the wild
Dec 4, 2009

... and spacious.  They also equipped with WiFi (paid) so that was cool as our cell phone reception lost as we enter the national park.  Fredrik and I tried their stake house which was a bit over pricey.  I had a salad and soup deal and two ...

Death Valley
Aug 16, 2008

Death Valley National Park

Death Valley, California
Aug 1, 2009 (3 photos)

... plains in the Badwater Basin, which is 86 metres below sea level, the lowest elevation in the US. We had a look around the National Park Museum and headed out to the sand dunes. We then drove onto Bakersfield for the evening. We are then heading up to San ...

Lieu de vacances
Apr 10, 2009

Lieu de vacances

To Death Valley National Park
Dec 20, 2008

Two hour drive to Death Valley!

Saloon Bars and Mud Flats
Jun 3, 2009 (7 photos)

... , have a huge dinner and get drunk in the saloon bar. The next day we look through the museum and then drive slowly through the park.  Its really hot, about 35 degrees but very humid too. We have the roof down as much as possible but give up after a ...

PALAV Surmaorg
Aug 10, 2005

Edasi sõitsime Death Valleysse, kus pole ei taimset ega loomset elu sealse leitsaku pärast. Kyll elavad seal aga inimesed. Põhiline elatusallikas on turism ja suveniiride poed. Üks kohalik vanamees jooksis 40 kraadises kuumuses! Reisikaaslased arutlesid jälle, ...

Death Valley
Sep 17, 2008

Hot!!!

Death Valley
Sep 10, 2004 (17 photos)

... We didn't set off until lunchtime so we could have a look at a couple more of the hotels before we left. The journey to Death Valley was pretty similar to the Bryce to Vegas run, roof down, music blasting away. We were treating the Death Vally stop as a ...

Plus bas que le niveau de la mer
Jun 12, 2009

Petite journée aujourd'hui.  Deux heures de routes pour visiter Death Valley National Park, un site à 190 pieds sous le niveau de la mer.   ...

Nationalparks
Aug 17, 2008 (14 photos)

Samstag, 16. August 2008 Nach den Alpträumen vom "Death Valley" die Manuela hatte klingelte bereits schon um 06.00 Uhr der Wecker. Unser topmotivierter Nachbar war schon längstens dabei das Auto zu beladen und im gesamten Städtchen herrschte ...

Death Valley National Park
Jul 14, 2009 (14 photos)

Une journée our traverser la fameuse Vallée de la Mort; en réalité on y a retrouvé des traces de civilisations, le nom viendrait d'une expedition qui a eu à y affronter des indiens, et bien évidemment, les "explorateurs" se sont fait botté les fesses! Mais quand ...

A long day
Dec 5, 2009

We woke up as our cell phone alarms began buzzing around 6:00.  Changed to the racing gear, in the dark and cold room, picking up our bib at the hotel front lounge at 7:00 but we still had almost hour to kill time before the race. We went back ...