Death Valley

The end of January, Lyn & I had a wedding in Las Vegas.  We decided to take an extra day to spend in Death Valley National Park.  What a unique part of the country.  Winter is a perfect time to visit there.... it was 75* instead of the 120*+ of the summer.

Some areas reminded us of the Badlands in ND.

There is a glimpse of the salt flats in the valley.

The Sand Dunes

This area had 14 acres of beautiful soft beach sand.  The only thing missing was the water & waves.  It seemed very out of place among the rock mountain terrain and desolate flats.

Shorts would have felt good!

We walked out a ways on Badwater Basin.

A view of Badwater Basin from Dante's View

Artist's Palette

This area had many different colors of rock.

It's another National Park we can cross off our list of places to go and it was a relaxing, much needed day away.

And the reason we went to Vegas in the first place was to celebrate with Lyn's great niece, Holly, & Luis on their special day.

This was after the "money dance."  

A Spanish tradition.