Welcome to our blog. Dan & I are hoping to use this method to keep in touch with family and friends while we're away this winter. You'll have to bear with us through the learning process - neither of us have ever done this before. If it works the way we hope it will, we'll keep you updated with our where-abouts and share pictures. We're hoping that you'll use it to keep in contact with us too. The most recent entry will always be at the top of the page, so if you're new here, scroll down to the bottom to start or use the archive list. Our apologies to anyone who found the Travelpod blog only to have it disappear on them, but this site seems easier to use and like I said - we're beginners, so the easier the better.

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Sunday, March 8, 2009

Goodbye, Death Valley

Just a few more pictures from Death Valley.
This was a nice walk in Titus Canyon. One of the few places that we could go with Taz, and only because it was a road and not a trail.


This coyote was just wandering down the road.
Taz has taken a liking to the tent.


Scotty's Castle. Not our cup of tea really, but we thought we should see it because there was so much literature about it and it was only a couple of miles from our campground. It wasn't even really Scotty's castle. It was built by some multi millionaire (nobody even remembers who he was) that was bilked out of a fortune by some shyster called Scotty.
You can't really see it, but the very top of this turret has some beautiful tile work.

Ubehebe Crater is beautiful, but we almost got blown over the edge. The wind continues to howl!

Dan at the edge of the crater, I was cowering in the van. I'm really sick of wind!

Dogs are not allowed to spit kibble into people's hands??

Ouch!!!

The story goes that Death Valley was named as one of the 49ers looked back and said "Goodbye, Death Valley"
We overheard a ranger telling someone that Rhyolite was a really cool ghost town, so we stopped to see it. That ranger is a big, fat liar. Do not plan your next vacation around a trip to Rhyolite. You can see all that it has to offer in the following 2 photos...