13-MAR-2009
Lake Isabella in sight...
14-MAR-2009
Death Valley Camp Site
Found a camp site in the dark when we arrived at 10pm. This picture was taken the next morning.
14-MAR-2009
Sunrise
It was great to see sunrise. I don't even remember when was the last time I saw sunrise...
14-MAR-2009
Badwater - lowest point in North America
Where I was standing is the lowest point in North America - Badwater, 282 feet below sea level. The sea level is way up there.
14-MAR-2009
Badwater basin
Water is rare and precious in Death Valley. A surveyor could not get his mule to drink from the pool. He wrote on his map that the location had "bad water," and the name stuck.
Badwater Pool is not poisonous just salty, as the presence of pickleweed, aquatic insects, and larvae proves. It is also home to one of Death Valley's rarest animals-- the Badwater Snail. These tiny mollusks exist only in a few springs at the edge of Death Valley salt flats.
14-MAR-2009
Artist Drive road
Artist Drive road is a one-way road running across the desert landscape from wide open lands at high elevation to narrow rocky canyons at a lower level. The views and the feels were just indescribable.
14-MAR-2009
Artist Drive road
Glad to be on a motorcycle as we winded the path through the mountains and fully immerged in the landscape.
14-MAR-2009
Perspective
We are just a passing guest of this universe...
