Here in Nevada

April finds us at Pahrump, NV. We are at a Western Horizons Resort with a winery! We can walk from our rig to the tasting room! (Yes there is a God!) It is a very nice place, and lots to see and do close by.

Yesterday we went to Death Valley, CA which is not far from here. It was remarkable. For some reason I thought Death Valley was bleak and desolate with not much to see. Boy was I wrong! Everyone should go if they are anywhere near. It is so beautiful. The colors in the rock formations are just breath taking. I took photos but they just don't come close to doing it justice. Going there really makes you feel insignificant in the grand scheme of things. The millions of years that it took to create the valley boggle the mind. Most of the valley is at or below sea level with Bad Water Basin being 280 feet below sea level. That elevation makes it the lowest place in the western hemisphere. Bad Water Basin is a large salt flat with small mounds of salt every where. Needless to say, not much grows there. Their temperatures are very very extreme. The lowest recorded temperature is 15 degrees and the highest is 135, and those happened the same year! Yikes.

This photo was taken at Furnace Creek in the Valley. Of course the green grass is watered regularly as there isn't much growing in the valley. The wild flowers were blooming when we were there, but there weren't a lot of them due to a dry winter.

Death Valley is a National Park so we enjoyed the use of our Volunteer Pass earned from working at the Bosque. The government worker that we showed it to didn't know what it was! Obviously they don't use or see many of them.

Anyway, we strongly recommend you see Death Valley if you are any where near. It is truely worth while.