Friday, December 08, 2006
Death Valley
Death Valley is a low point of our holiday. To be precise it is 282 feet below sea level at its lowest point. Due to road closures because of snow in the mountains Death Valley was a bit of a detour for us. We drove about 800 miles in 3 days in order to visit.The place is great. Because of the time of year, we had it virtually to ourselves. At the valley overlook point there was just us and a film crew packing up after filming a BMW commercial. At Badwater Basin we had the salt flats all to ourselves as the sun was setting. For some reason I had the childish urge to do some cartwheels on the salt flats. I soon regretted it when I looked back at the photos and saw not the straight-legged straight-backed 9 year old I used to be, but a bundling hunched-over mess . Cartwheels shouldn't be attempted after childhood. It's not like riding a bike - you do forget how to do them properly and you end up pulling muscles you never even knew you had.
We went for a bit of a hike. 3 miles was tough going even at this time of year. I wouldn't want to try it during July when the average daily temperature is 45 deg C!
# posted by Rhodri @ 11:34 pm 
