2022 - Death Valley

Driving south on Highway 395 we encounter a snowstorm near Mack Canyon. Coleville, California, USA

Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountainss seen from Manzanar. Site of internment camps of 10,000 persons of Japanese ancestory, many American citizens, in 1942 - 1945. Manzanar, California, USA.

An approaching sandstorm viewed from Devil;s Cornfield. The plants that some thought resembled bundles of corn stalks is Arrowweed.. Death Valley, California, USA

Morning's first light illuminates sand dunes in Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley, California, USA

Sunrise light hits one of the dunes in Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes. Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Predawn view of sand dunes in Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Early morning light and shadows on sand dunes. Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Mesiquite Flat Sand Dues in the early morning light with the Armogosa Mountain range in the background. Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Early morning hiker on the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Weathered bush in sand dune at Mequite Flat Sand Dunes, Dealth Valley National Park, California, USA.

Golden Canyon looking towards Telecope Peak in the Panamint Mountains. Death Valley National Park, California, USA.

Desert sun shines bright in Golden Canyon looking towards Telescope Peak in Panamint Mountains. Death Valley National Park, California, USA.

Tom Blackburn hiking the trail to Red Cathedral in Golden Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California, USA.

Setting sun highlights the geometric patterns of the salt flats of Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America at 282 feet below sea level. Death Valley National Park, California, USA.

Salt flats of Badwater Basin in the glow of sunset. The basin consists of a small spring-fed pool of "bad water" next to the road in a sink. Repeated freeze–thaw and evaporation cycles gradually push the thin salt crust into hexagonal honeycomb shapes. Death Valley National Park, California, USA.

Setting moon at Zabriski Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Morning's first light shines on the Panamint Mountains viewed from Zabriski Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.

Layers of rock are striking in the morning light near Zabriski Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Morning light illuminates the east facing side of Zabriski Point, Death Valley, California, USA.

Sign welcoming vistors driving from Death Valley to Beatty, Nevada. About 120 miles northwest of Las Vegas, aside from tourism, local businesses include mining, retail trade, public administration and gambling. Beatty, Nevada, USA.

A local herd of wild burros freely roam Beatty and welcome most visitors in town. Beatty, Nevada, USA.

One of the wild burros that roam the town of Betty, Nevada, USA.

Tom and Paul Blackburn after visiting Beatty, Nevada a very small town on the east side of Death Valley National Park. USA

Cabin in Rhyolite, a boom town founded in 1904 and at its peak in 1907 had 4,000 residents. Nevada, USA

Caboose house was used as a filling station in the 1920s. Rhyolite, Nevada, USA

Rhyolite in 1907 had concrete sidewalks, electric lights, water mains, telephone and telegraph lines, daily and weekly newspapers, a monthly magazine, police and fire departments, a hospital, school, train station and railway depot, at least three banks, a stock exchange, an opera house, a public swimming pool and two formal church buildings. Most prominent was the three-story John S. Cook and Co. Bank on Golden Street.Rhyolite, Nevada, USA

Rhyolite, a ghost town in the Armogosa Desert, boomed in the early 1900's but went bust when ore ran out in 1910. Rhyolite, Nevada, USA.

The tallest building in Rhyolite, the Cook Bank building cost its owner $90,000 to build in 1908 including Italian marble, stained glass windows, and other luxuries. Rhyolite, Nevada, USA.

Badwater Basin and Panamint Mountains. Death Valley National Park, California, USA

A 27 mile one way, back country road, Titus Canyon Road, starts in Nevada and ends on Death Valley National Park. The two cyclists are descending Red Pass. Titus Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.

A 27 mile one way, back country road, descending Red Pass on its way to Leadfield and Titus Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Leadfield, built on decit and fraud by CC Julian, flourished in 1925 and 1926. Located in Titus Canyon in the Grapevine Mountains and is evidence of the get-rich-quick schemes of the 1920s. Leadfield, California, USA.

Highway 127 from Shoshone, California leads into Death Valley National Park. California, USA

Panorama view of Ubehebe Crater in the northern half of Death Valley National Park. Created by a volcanic explosion as recently as 2,100 years ago.

Tom Blackburn, hiking on the trail into Mosaic Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.

Exposed layers of different rock types show the sedimentary layers that give Mosaic Canyon its name. Death Valley National Park, California, USA.

Rented an off-road tear drop trailer from E-Z-Kampin for our lodging in Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Sunset at Topaz Lake, Nevada from our lodging at Topaz Lodge. California/Nevada border bisects this lake.