We left Death Valley in a sandstorm...
...and stopped at Zabriskie Point, an overlook into some of the valley's sandstone peaks.
On our way to Flagstaff we drove by the Colorado River...
...and left as a storm approached.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
9-22-2016 Road to Flagstaff, Arizona
NOTE: We published two posts today, so check out the one that follows.
We left Death Valley in a sandstorm...
...and stopped at Zabriskie Point, an overlook into some of the valley's sandstone peaks.
On our way to Flagstaff we drove by the Colorado River...
...and left as a storm approached.
We left Death Valley in a sandstorm...
...and stopped at Zabriskie Point, an overlook into some of the valley's sandstone peaks.
On our way to Flagstaff we drove by the Colorado River...
...and left as a storm approached.
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I loved the motels--did you feel like you were in an old Western? And, yes, Jim by all means send some pictures of scat (to use the scientific term). I'm surprised to know that there are any animals in Death Valley, other than scorpions and the like. How does a living being support itself out there? Those sandstone hills, though, are mesmerizing.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely felt like we were in an old western, and all the park concessions promote that feeling. Even saw a poster in a restaurant advertising the film, Yellow Sky, starring Gregory Peck and Anne Baxter.
ReplyDeleteThere are a surprising number of plants and animals in Death Valley, like the Sidewinder rattlesnake, Kangaroo Rat, and "spiders as big as baseballs" (we heard). We didn't see any of those, but we saw their burrows where they stay during the day. Most have adjusted to a nocturnal existence. We did, however, see birds, some small lizards, and Harvester Ants which didn't seem to mind the heat.