Friday, September 19, 2014

Death Valley National Park, Artist's Palette - 9/19/20

Traveling north from Badwater Basin, we drove toward the Furnace Creek Visitor Center to the Artist's Drive scenic loop. This is a one-way, 9-mile, road through multi-hued volcanic and sedimentary hills. If you visit this park, be sure to check out this area! The colors of the rock formations in the canyons are mesmerizing.

The green rocks that can be seen everywhere are amazing. This large boulder is sitting alone in a large field of brown and sand-colored rocks.


And here's what it looked like along the scenic loop. This landscape can only be described in photos!







John and Sadie ... exploring the area.




More of Artist's Palette. Stunning!





Admission to the Death Valley National Park is $20/vehicle for a 7-day pass. John's senior pass gets us in for free.

Website: www.nps.gov/deva

2 comments:

  1. I visited Death Valley National Park just a couple of months ago when I went to California with my University group. It offers truly gorgeous sights and scenery to capture in the camera. I think to view the sunrise and sunset is the most attractive thing to do there. Next I have a plan to explore the beauty of D.C. With boston to washington dc tours. Do you have any blog post about D.C. attractions?

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  2. I do not have any posts about Boston or Washington, DC. I have, however, visited Washington many times. You will want to visit as many of the Smithsonian Institute museums as you have time to see. Our favorites are the Air and Space Museum, Museum of Natural History and Museum of American History as well as the many art museums. We did a bus tour of the monuments (Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Washington Monument, Marine Corp Memorial, Capitol Building, etc.) as well as the war memorials (World War II, Korean, and Vietnam) at night that was fabulous, even though we have previously seen them all by day. I have not yet seen the new Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial, but you will want to see it as well. Arlington Cemetery is interesting to visit as well. I know you will enjoy your visit there. I have visited Boston on a couple of occasions but was not able to do much sightseeing, so no comments about that historic city.

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