After a refreshingly comfortable overnight low of 50 degrees, we were treated to a beautiful sunrise:
We briefly toured the visitor center and watched the orientation film, as we already visited Death Valley on this trip:
We drove out to Devil’s Golf Course, where the landscape is a seemingly endless expanse of boulder-sized salt structures formed by evaporation:
Looking east, the salt structures are not as high:
M practiced the techniques covered in our photography class to create this set of photographs. He’s shooting in Manual mode, manipulating ISO, aperture, and shutter speed to control exposure level:
Next we hiked up the trail to Natural Bridge:
Continuing past the natural bridge, we encountered a side trail that led to a dry waterfall:
A bit of climbing was required to continue on. Here B and I make the ascent:
On the way down, M was asked to photograph this group:
We drove Artist’s Drive on the way back to the RV. everyone was pretty hungry, so we only got a couple quick photographs:
A great start to our Death Valley visit!