Been in Death Valley 3 weeks now. The weather is gradually getting warmer. We've been hiking a day and something else a day. Something not so stressful. A couple of days ago I wanted to not hike so we decided to drive up one of the remote canyons not too far from the campground. After about 5 miles of dusty dirt road it turned to river wash; lots of rocks of various sizes. It was slow going in my new truck but we did fine. It was pretty bumpy though.
The day before yesterday we went on a hike that was supposed to be 3.5 miles one way. Well according to Dave's GPS it was 4.5 miles each way. When you add a couple of diversions to climb an interesting rock or explore a cave we walked 9.5 miles. Half was uphill and the other half down. The entire way we walked on large gravel that tended to roll under your feet. By the time we got back to the trailers, 6.5 hours later, I was beat.
Yesterday it was 86 and I went swimming in the pool again :-). Oh, and I assembled my BBQ grill that came with my trailer and grilled some chicken for dinner; yum. That was the hardest thing I did all day.
Check out some more interesting pics I took the last few days. Looking at the first one, can you see what looks like a dinosaur backbone and rib cage?
Here's Freddy checking out the terrain. He said that one of the small caves above him looked like it might be a good place for him to take a nap. The second pic is me going up to take a look.
After taking a look I told him that I didn't think he could make it up there so we decided to keep going. :)
Check out the different colors on this boulder we ran across. Really, I think I ran over it with the truck.
Look at the lines on the mountain in the next pic. Check out how curvy they are. It's amazing how these things were formed and how they look now.
If you look closely, you can see me in the distance 3/4 of the way up the rock face. I made it to the top.
My buddy Dave is below me. He promised to break my fall if I slipped. Yeah!
Here's a funny scene we came upon while starting a hike. The sign is intended to keep cars out but these two ladies apparently decided to obey all posted signs.
This is a typical stop sign for me. The wall goes straight up, has no hand or foot holds and is slippery.
That's it for now. More to come later.
Gary
Here's Freddy checking out the terrain. He said that one of the small caves above him looked like it might be a good place for him to take a nap. The second pic is me going up to take a look.
After taking a look I told him that I didn't think he could make it up there so we decided to keep going. :)
Check out the different colors on this boulder we ran across. Really, I think I ran over it with the truck. 
Look at the lines on the mountain in the next pic. Check out how curvy they are. It's amazing how these things were formed and how they look now. 
If you look closely, you can see me in the distance 3/4 of the way up the rock face. I made it to the top. 
My buddy Dave is below me. He promised to break my fall if I slipped. Yeah!
Here's a funny scene we came upon while starting a hike. The sign is intended to keep cars out but these two ladies apparently decided to obey all posted signs. 
This is a typical stop sign for me. The wall goes straight up, has no hand or foot holds and is slippery. 
That's it for now. More to come later.
Gary
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