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!