From the desert to the coast
December 9th 2006 After leaving Las Vegas we headed west to Death Valley for a couple of nights. Was really warm there and that evening we watched the sunset at Badwater - a pool of salty water in the salt flats at the base of Death Valley which is over 200 feet (~45m) below sea level. By this time we had a full moon so was really neat lighting. Later that evening we joined up with one of the ranger-lead programmes
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