Other colours and flowering shrubs

Death Valley

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March 29th 2010
29 March 2010 The guidebook told us that Death Valley despite being an inhospitable place can in Spring contain wild flowers and when we drove down into it back into California we were greeted with a wonderful carpet of yellow with other colours interspersed between. As we went along the valley we took a few short walks in the 80 degree temperatures. Out onto the salt flats of Badwater Basin ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more