Death Valley, United States Travel Blogs

"Road Trip...Road Trip!"
Oct 27, 2004 (12 photos)

... started! Surely we would make it to San Fran by 8pm, it was only 4-500 miles anyway? We planned to drive to Death Valley first, before driving through Yosemite National Park and onto San Fran. We didn't actually realise how long and straight the roads ...

I think i've drank more in the last two ...
Aug 16, 2002 (15 photos)

... place so far in that you never knew what to expect around the next corner as the scenery was continually changing. After Death Valley we headed towards Lake Mead for the night (where it was slightly cooler) with some time spent in Las Vegas along the ...

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

... away and takes almost as long to drive through as it take to drive to!  The place is massive! The floor of Death Valley encompasses the lowest point on the North American continent at Badwater Basin which sits at 282 feet (86 metres) below sea level ...

Death Valley (World/US&C)
Jan 3, 2002

... see a fighter jet speeding up and out of the ravine as it passed us. That was quite exciting. I was surprised at how pretty Death Valley is, but then, I went there in the winter time. I might have a different opinion if I went there in the summer and it ...

Yosemite to Death Valley to Las Vegas
Oct 27, 2007

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Death Valley Trip - Volcano Crater and Sand Dunes
Mar 20, 2005

... were running around the campsite too, but I felt safe in the tent. I found a article that gives you a bit more information on Death Valley from someone who has done a similar tour to me. Have a read if you want. http://www.death-valley.us/article1180. ...

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 ...

Onwards To Death Valley
May 21, 2007 (14 photos)

... was BLM land. For those of you not aware, BLM stands for Bureau of Land Management. BLM land is owned by the United States government and is open for any legal activity including camping, four wheeling, and shooting. A large portion of our western states ...

Death Valley Trip - Mosaic Canyon Moonlit Walk
Mar 21, 2005

After another early morning swim and a really good breakfast of fruit, yoghurt and porridge, we took the bus to Mosaic Canyon, which was only 2 or 3 miles away but you can't really walk anywhere because of the heat. We hiked through the narrow canyon that ...

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
Aug 25, 2008 (66 photos)

Soodele... das Todestal ist erreicht *schauder*. Natürlich haben wir die Dünen "Stovepipe Wells" auf dem Death Valley Scenic Hyway bestaunt und haben uns auch Scotty's Castle nicht entgehen lassen. Am Aussichtspunkt Zabriksie Point wurde ein Stopp ...

Death Valley
Dec 2, 2006 (5 photos)

Left the hotel very hungover, and slept the whole way to Death Valley. We stopped at various view points in the National Park. We didn't expect it to be as beautiful as it was. There were huge salt plains which just went on and on, and we also stood at ...

DEATH VALLEY (and a super sketchy campsite)
May 29, 2006

... head through Death Valley. Totally amazing....we are running out of internet time will have to add more later. We drive through Death Valley and find ourselves at Kernville, CA. We stay at this weirdo campsite with no fire pits and no picnic tables ...

Day Forty-One
Dec 6, 2004

Kudzu and I moved to the Texas Springs Campground at Furnace Wells today and spent a lazy day reading and exploring the desert on foot. Furnace Creek is the sight of an old resort hotel and before that a cattle ranch. It sits at 190 feet below sea level ...

Death Valley
Sep 20, 2008 (4 photos)

... the first time in a while we hit sea level again. We stopped at Zabraskie's point for a look at the natural rock formations near Death valley. It was really windy and hot. We settled into our cabin. After lunch at the cafe, we had a swim then headed off ...

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 ...

The Wild West - Death Valley
Feb 2, 2008 (49 photos)

... of Vegas (Las Vegas that is, not Bris Vegas) we headed out into the wild west and more specifically, the ominously sounding Death Valley. You will be happy to know that we survived and I'm able to write this blog for you. Death Valley is located just ...

Death Valley '07
Feb 3, 2007 (24 photos)

The search for the Joshua Tree

Death Valley
Sep 19, 2006 (5 photos)

Death Valley 5/9 2006

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

... and western evening at the Great Oak ;-) )   The 49ers festival celebrates the original 49ers, some settlers who came to death valley looking for gold and nearly met a sticky end as they struggled to survive in the conditions.  As it turns out ...

Death Valley
Aug 4, 2007 (82 photos)

... , Badwater Basin is a surreal landscape of vast salt flats. Dante's View: The most breathtaking viewpoint in the park, this mountain-top overlook is more than 5000 feet above the inferno of Death Valley. Keane Wonder Mine Rhyolite Ghost Town

Journey to Death Valley
Nov 14, 2008

30/10/08 - Tioga pass, Death Valley

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 ...

Hotel Furnace Creek Ranch (Death Valley)
Jul 10, 2009

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I am the lorax. I speak for the trees!
Feb 3, 2006 (10 photos)

... saw no Jawas. The hike led through the aptly named Golden Canyons and concluded at Red Cathedral (see photos). We bid farewell to Death Valley and drove through the Mojave Desert at sunset where we saw two bats and a gray fox before settling into the 29 ...

Death Valley, California
Jun 18, 2007 (8 photos)

Drove from Rhyolite through Death Valley.  Saw sand dunes across from Furnace Creek, where Chris and I stayed five years ago.  It was 118 degrees today.  Alex and I got out at Furnace Creek and walked around.  Felt like we were standing ...

Death Valley
Nov 1, 2007 (31 photos)

... soon realise that the helicopter is filming actors! The scenery soon becomes even more barren as we drop down, down, down into Death Valley National Park. We watch an amazing sunset from high up at Zabriskie Point looking down from a ridge over the salt ...

Death Valley Trip - Golden Canyon and Badlands
Mar 20, 2005

We got woken up in Tecopa where we had a breakfast of fruit and bagels, and then had a soak at the nearby hot springs where I chatted to Yulia (Russian Ballet dancer), where the water is naturally heated from the ground and we were all in there naked - ...

Day Forty
Dec 5, 2004 (2 photos)

... dug. Despite the apparent desolation, Park Service literature notes that nearly a thousand species of native plants survive in Death Valley along with numerous mammals, reptiles, and aquatic life. The endangered Devil's Hole Pupfish survives in the Park ...

Death Valley
Aug 4, 2008 (6 photos)

Death Valley National Park