We got off to a cloudy start this morning. "The Old Man of the Mountain" is in profile gazing skyward as we leave the refuge.
Upon reaching Death Valley the sky was blue once again.Devil's Cornfield is on the edge of sand dunes and on our route to Mosaic Canyon.
The plants are arrow weed. The stalks were used as arrow shafts by native Americans.
Heading into Mosaic Canyon
Forge on, intrepid tourist. And check out those rock walls.
Explorer pointing the way......
Only a goat or an agile 17 year old .....
Goat boy made it to the top safely and back down the same route. It was important to see what was up there.
Pondering.....
It's always nice when someone offers to take a photo of you together. We returned the favor.
The exit and view of the valley to the north.
The emcee introduces "alluvial fan". The clouds moved into the valley at noon.
The first spring flowers for 2009 - Desert Gold
Ubehebe Crater - depending on what one reads it is 500, 600 or 800 feet to the bottom.
and steep, steep trail to see "Little Hebe"
Little Hebe and cold grandson. We had planned to walk around the perimeter of the crater but the combination of high wind and 45-degree temperature caused us to rethink that plan. It was just too miserable and as we could see everything from here....
The return path from Little Hebe and an inside wall of Ubehebe.
Scotty's Castle at a cost of $1 million in the 1930s.
And one last stop for today - the geoglyph.
Only a goat or an agile 17 year old .....
Goat boy made it to the top safely and back down the same route. It was important to see what was up there.
Pondering.....
It's always nice when someone offers to take a photo of you together. We returned the favor.
The exit and view of the valley to the north.
The emcee introduces "alluvial fan". The clouds moved into the valley at noon.
The first spring flowers for 2009 - Desert Gold
Ubehebe Crater - depending on what one reads it is 500, 600 or 800 feet to the bottom.
and steep, steep trail to see "Little Hebe"
Little Hebe and cold grandson. We had planned to walk around the perimeter of the crater but the combination of high wind and 45-degree temperature caused us to rethink that plan. It was just too miserable and as we could see everything from here....
The return path from Little Hebe and an inside wall of Ubehebe.
Scotty's Castle at a cost of $1 million in the 1930s.
And one last stop for today - the geoglyph.
