Blogs from Death Valley, California, United States, North America

Freitag, 18.08.2017: Ein Tag, nachdem wir eine zauberhafte, romantische und erholsame Wanderung im Yosemite Nationalpark erlebt haben, ging es mit dem Auto durchs Death Valley und damit unter den Meeresspiegel. Gegen Mittag hatten wir dann gemütliche 115° Fahrenheit (46°C). Da das Wetter so schön war, beschlossen wir deshalb ein paar Pässe zu werfen und etwas herumzuspringen... Ansonsten endlose, teils verlassene Highways, wie man es aus den Filmen kennt und hier und da künstlich angelegte Hoteloasen... Am späten Nachmittag kamen wir dann in Las Vegas an, genoßen die letzten noch immer heißen Sonnenstunden, bevor wir uns dann mit einer Flasche Sekt aufs Zimmer zurückzogen und anschließend den Las Vegas Boulevard entlang ins Bellagio spazierten, wo sich Plan A (Honeymoonkosten zurückgewinnen) ziemlich schnell als ziemlichen Reinfall herausstellte. Morgen wird also Plan B umges... read more

This entry was not in the plan, few days before Christmas, the Death Valley was not even in my mind. So if you ask, and I can do last minute too! While driving from LA to Las Vegas, I saw 2 or 3 times "Death Valley" at intersections. Our original plan for this 27th December was to take the relax drive from Las Vegas to Los Angeles and stop on the way to the outlets for some more shopping. But here it is, I just made my math, and we have too many kilos for the small plane we are going to take in a few days time. So no more shopping, let's try to keep it as simple. I went to google map, and find out driving from Las Vegas to the Death Valley and ... read more

Geo: 36.3302, -116.574Spent more time exploring the Vegas Strip this morning then departed around lunch time. I am a little sorry we did not allow more time in Vegas. Although we explored several casinos and shopping malls, we barely scratched the surface of even the landmark venues. There's a Wyndham Resort near the Strip (where we have a timeshare equivalent) and we'll return for a week or two in the future.Then on the road. Desolate drive through Death Valley where the lowest point along the highway is 190 ft below sea level. 101deg at the Visitor Centre but dry, with a light, hot breeze. Arrived after dark in Mammoth Lakes, one of the biggest ski fields in USA. We're overnighting here in a two bedroom, two bath Westin suite. We were told bears are often seen ... read more

July 28th, 2013. 9:00PM PDT Day 19 Traveled 313 miles today. Our day started out rather calm, but wait, it doesn't stay that way. From our motel in Henderson, NV we drove 19 miles to Hoover Dam and got there early to get a spot in the parking garage. Since we were carrying 3 gallons of gas in a can, we were not permitted to park in the garage. Where we were parked gave us our exercise since we had to walk about a half mile and do 84 steps ( I counted them ) both ways. The dam is so big, it amazes us how this could be built in the 30's. From there we headed to today's destination, Hesperia, Ca. About 11:00 am,WE MADE IT, To California. Not long after we got into a ... read more

Tuesday, May 22nd Terrible Casino, Lakeside RV Park, Pahrump, Nevada 7:37 and already 77 degrees, blue skies. Starting mileage was 26604. In looks, this is one of the nicest commercial RV parks we have been in. It was a real oasis in this desert with paved spaces, a small lake/pond in the center with a water spray/fountain, ducks and doves everywhere, and green grass and large shade trees for every space. Just too dang hot!!! Because of our concerns about the heat, we left early for Death Valley National Park after filling our tank with gas at the Casino’s pumps---$3.859 per gal and took 21 gals. Our plan was to just cross through the Park length wise and drive as far as the Inyo/Owens Valley and stay at a BLM campground that night. We left Pahrump ... read more