Bottom to Top of California in Six Hours
Today has been a day of extremes. In six hours I traveled from 190 feet below sea level at Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park to 9,000 feet in a room at the highest lodge in California at...
View ArticleDeserted desert hotel at Furnace Creek Inn Death Valley
Something called me to Death Valley last week. An irrational idea came to me that I could pass through Death Valley unaffected by the desolation and mid-May heat. But it didn’t turn out that way....
View ArticleTBEX Toronto via Death Valley–part 1
Death Valley called to me again yesterday. I made my first ever trip to Death Valley National Park just two weeks ago. The mountains and valley did not have much appeal for me on a mostly cloudy,...
View ArticleTBEX Toronto via Death Valley-Part 2
Driving across Panamint Valley I was greeted by Coyote. There are extensive stories about coyote in Native American stories and the symbolism is mentioned here and here. I read several stories about...
View ArticleCalifornia’s hottest day in 100 years?
Furnace Creek Death Valley National Park in southeastern California may hit 130 F degrees today for the first time in 100 years. The highest temperature ever recorded on earth and officially recognized...
View ArticleHalloween Greetings from the Depths of Death Valley
The depths of Death Valley, the lowest land surface elevation in the USA, seems like an appropriate place to spend Halloween. This will be my third trip to Death Valley National Park this year and the...
View ArticleDriving Death Valley National Park on Halloween
“Bring your compass because it’s weird to have to eat your friends – Death Valley National Park” is my new t-shirt with an image of a compass rose and a silhouette of four hikers with sticks walking up...
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