The following pictures were sent to me by Dave Hughlock who is a regular reader who lives in Pomona, California but originally lived in Preston in the UK
The pictures are from a trip to Death Valley and the Mojave Desert. Since I know nothing of these areas the captions are those supplied by Dave.
For those wishing for more information Dave as sent this link. It will open in a new page
Badwater Pool in Death Valley
Dave & Doris with Jim at the lowest point in the Western hemisphere...Badwater, Death Valley...282feet below sea level
Looking across the salt water lake in Death Valley
The pool in Death Valley, California
Looking out across the dry salt lake
The salt lake from a distance
And from higher up
A flash flood river bed....note the arch behind
Dave under the arch....created by the flash floods
Another flash flood canyon in Death Valley
The aptly named Golden Canyon
The Painters Palet in Death Valley
Remnants of days gone by
An abandoned hotel
And the old bank
There are bike riding ghost's there to!!
Doris, Ailsa & Jim at the Furnace Creek Hotel, Death Valley, Cailifornia
So let's move on and into the Mojave Desert
Doris in the Mojave with Mount Whitney behind
Movie Flats in the Alabama Hills
The Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California
The majestic Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states at over 14,000 feet
Nature as carved several arches in the sandstone rocks of the Alabama Hills
There's another one....
Doris, after spotting a roaming cayote, decided that was far enough!!
Dave relaxes at the Death Valley Country Club.
Zabrinskie Point....Looking across Death Valley to the Panamint Mountains
Not a tree in sight!!
Some of the formations defy explanation
Dave at Zabrinskie Point
The Furnace Creek Inn
A visiting Coyote
Badwater....282 feet below sea level
Looking north across the Salt Lake
The entrance to Death Valley
And finally ...A last look back to Death Valley
Many thanks to Dave for allowing me to share these pictures of an area I'm never likely to visit.
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