We Left Vegas and it Got Hotter
August 9th 2010 We made sure that we had a full tank of petrol and a lot of water and we headed off to Death Valley. Las Vegas was hot, but it got progressively hotter as we drove. The highest it reached was 112°F (or about 44°C to us). Quite cool by Death Valley standards apparently.
We were driving to the aptly named Furnace Creek and we were five miles away when we were stopped and the road was closed becau
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