I had an OK drive to Death Valley from Southern Calif. The first couple of days here it rained. Then it got real windy; like 40-50 mph gusts. After that it turned much nicer. It's been high 50's to low 60's the last few days with lots of sunshine. So, my friends Dave & Carla and I went hiking. I've attached several photos for you to check out. Here's a tiny bit of info on Death Valley. They don't call it death valley for nothing. The following couple of pics are from a place called Badwater Basin. It looks like snow but it's salt. Here's a close up. The next few pics will be of some of the mountain and hill formations. The colors here are unbelievable. As you can see the countryside changes color quickly. With so many rocks I had to climb at least one. Here's a pic of me on top of a small outcropping I climbed. Here's a pic of Dave & Carla hiking through one of the slot canyons. Yesterday we went to an old mining ghost town called Rhyolite. There wasn't too much to see but after checking out what was there we took my truck and did some off-roading. We found several old mines. They were all fenced off so we didn't go in but it was still a fun day. There are groups of wild burros that roam the area. I was able to get close enough to this group to snap a pic. See, it really was a ghost town. ;-) Hope you all are enjoying yourselves as much as I am. Gary