Death Valley, Day One

Our first full day in Death Valley included an early wake up call to hit the dunes. After that we head back to our motel for an in-room breakfast (we brought a lot of food from home), and for the remainder of the day Dan suggested we head to the high country. We saw the charcoal kilns, visited the mill at Skidoo, and eventually ended up at a location with fabulous views for the evening. Some of the images below are merely iPhone shots, others are from the “big girl camera”.

Morning @ the Dunes:

Charcoal Kilns:

Lunch!

Skidoo Mill, and our New Home (hah!):

Just the Two of Us:

Views @ Sunset (If you look carefully at the second image you can see a vehicle near the bottom center, above the © ):

Thus ends day one. Who knows when/if I’ll get to the other two full days … we shall see!

Death Valley

A week ago Sunday Dan and I headed to Death Valley National Park for four nights. I now have a few photos to go through … or perhaps more.

There were very few flowers, so I spent minimal time on the ground, and landscape photography is definitely not my main thing, but I still attempt to shoot landscapes now and then. For those who are wondering, as we were leaving we saw more promise for flowers. It won’t be a superbloom year, but there will be flowers. I’m sorry to have missed them.

The day we arrived didn’t allow for a lot of photography time: the drive from our place to DEVA takes quite a while. We did head up to a spot we always visit, though, and this shot is from that area. You can see there are a few people on those dunes if you look carefully.

I’m hoping to post more images later, and write a wee bit about the trip, but right now I have to start thinking again about work: Opera San Jose orchestra rehearsals begin on Wednesday and I need to practice!