Badwater Basin, Death Valley

Death Valley - a name to make one's imagine run riot

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October 24th 2016
Death Valley .... a place well named! I think I commented towards the end of my last blog, that we were camped in a place that was to all intents and purposes a desert with a landscape the like of which I had never seen before. Well, as we drove into Death Valley the next day, I realised that to all intents and purposes, that last camp site was relatively "normal" by comparison. I have never seen ... read more

North America » United States » Arizona

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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