So we left the city of sin at around 2PM sunday - after managing to get a flat battery and calling AAA. Note to self - do not leave cooler plugged into the cars power outlet over night... at least now we have learned that lesson.
After what felt like a pretty short drive we ended up in Pahrump - a small, scattered little town on the edge of death valley. At the local gas station we asked if there was anything worth seeing in Pahrump...."well, the only thing I can think of is the whorehouses", said the clerk. We drove on.
Death Valley is probably one of the strangest places any of us three has ever seen. Dry and stony. If anyone ever wants to go there - we can highly recommend it - especially the drive up to the scenic view Dante's View. Your standing on close to 5000 feets height and looking down at an dried up lake called Badwater with the elevation of close to -300 feet. Pretty wicked sight...We watched the sun set over the valley and you can't really imagine any settlers getting over that valley to California back in the day. At 9PM we measured a temperature of 42 (109F) at the bottom of the valley. It got dark quickly so we tried to push on to get some distance behind us and the next days drive a little shorter.
One problem that we hadn't thought of was the fact that it is Labour Day weekend here in the States. That means that getting a motel was a lot harder that we had expected. After driving through the cities of Lone Pine and Independence without finding anything we got the last room at a typical small american motel here in Big Pine. We all fell to sleep like rocks within minutes....
Bilder takk :D
SvarSlett