A Visit To Death Valley

Death valley in the summer is always fun because of the extreme heat and lack of tourists.  If you want to see death valley for the extremes it's famous for but also avoid the crowds, come in the Summer. 

Bad water Basin.  Lowest point in North America.

Ben and Brandon enjoyed jumping off the sand dunes.

The Artists Palette.

Having some fun at Zabriseki Point.

A Sierra Nevada Aventure

After 4th of July, we wanted to take a trip down the "Back Side" of the Sierras on Highway 395. We stopped along the way at Bodie Ca. and then headed down to Death Valley.  Here's a few photos of the journey.


We drove over Sonora Pass which is the second highest highway pass over the Sierra Nevada mountains.  There was still some snow on the pass with running streams and waterfalls.

As we got to the Eastern side, things become much drier.

We stopped in Bishop, Ca. for dinner.

We took a detour over to Bodie Ca. to visit the Ghost town.  There was a good view of the Owens Valley and Mono Lake. 

Continuing down 395 gave even more spectacular views.

Bodie California, A Real "Live" Ghost Town

We visited Bodie State Park in the Eastern Sierras.  Bodie is a Ghost Town from a mining town built in the 1800's. 

The park has many old buildings to see.

There was also a great deal of old mining machinery and vehicles to check out. 

Many of the buildings still had original furnishings inside.