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Monday, October 7, 2019 Mesquite Flats is best done early morning, well before the heat of the day. This is, apparently, an area of Death Valley that gets unnaturally hot. The highs this week in October were in the nineties (Fahrenheit). Some visitors found the afternoon highs uncomfortably hot. More importantly, the parking lot fills … Continue reading Death Valley National Park – Mesquite Flats Sand Dunes
Sunday, October 6, 2019 After seeing the Charcoal Kilns, we drove down Wildrose Road and turned north on Panamint Valley Road. Turning left on CA-190 we drove to Panamint Springs to eat lunch and explore. Panamint Springs Resort Restaurant is easy to find. It faces the road and the sign says what it is, restaurant. … Continue reading Death Valley National Park – Panamint Springs
Sunday, October 6, 2019 We wanted to see the Charcoal Kilns (shown above) and expected the drive to be unremarkable. From Stovepipe Wells, we drove southeast on CA-190 in the direction of Panamint Springs Resort. Near the Emigrant Campground, we turned left onto Emigrant Canyon Road. This road has a special notation on the park map. … Continue reading Death Valley National Park – Emigrant Canyon and Wildrose Canyon Roads
Saturday, October 5, 2019 It was lunchtime when we pulled into Furnace Creek, the main development inside Death Valley National Park. Wanting to eat in a restaurant, we looked for the most audacious hotel entrance we could find. That would be the entrance above. Through the double doors and into the lobby, the hotel desk … Continue reading Death Valley National Park – Furnace Creek