Death Valley 2015, Titus Canyon and Racetrack

It was going to be my last full day in Death Valley National Park for this trip, and it was going to be a full one, so I got started at 5:30 and was on the road just after 6:00.  I spent the first half of the day driving and checking out Titus Canyon Road.  There are portions of the road that are barely one vehicle wide so the entire route, except the last two…

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Death Valley 2015, Badwater

After a day to myself hiking Marble Canyon it was time to hit a few busier spots in the valley.  But first the drive out. I stopped by the Devils Golf Course first.  Nobody was playing golf and I forgot my clubs but I did get some good shots of the salt upheavals that characterize the area.   My next stop was Badwater Basin, the lowest point in the U.S. at -282 feet. Badwater is…

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Death Valley 2015, Marble Canyon

My top priority during my first real visit to Death Valley National Park was a hike through Marble Canyon.  I'd read the description and seen the pictures, so my first full day in the park was going to be checking out the canyon.  I made the bouncy 12 mile drive into the trailhead the day before so I could spend the daylight hours hiking the canyon.  Days are short in December, you have to take…

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