The Rangers led a free tour of the Furnace Creek Inn. It is only led once a week on Fridays. We decided to join the tour.
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| Furnace Creek Inn |
This is a covered outside dining area. The Inn is a very expensive hotel. It is in the $300 a night range and the rooms are very small. It is really about the experience, saying that you have stayed in the Furnace Creek Inn at Death Valley.
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| Outside Dining |
This is the swimming pool at Furnace Creek. It is actually a reservoir and does not need chemicals. The water is constantly refreshed in and out and used for irrigation from the springs. It is only available to the guests of the hotel. At the Furnace Creek Ranch which is just a few miles away they have another pool that is also refreshed water. Outside guests may use it for $5.00 a day.
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| Swimming Pool |
After the tour of the Inn we drove up to Dantes View. Dantes view provides a panoramic view of the southern Death Valley basin from an elevation of 5,476 feet.
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| Dantes View |
This is the Badwater Basin that we showed you in the Death Valley, Part 1. It is at 282 feet
BELOW sea level. The picture was taken at Dantes View.
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| Badwater Basin |
This is a panoramic photo I took of the valley with my Nexus 5 cell phone. I think it came out nice!
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| Dante's Peak Pano |
Heading back down the hill we arrived at Zabriskie Point. We missed all of these spots 10 years ago because of the roads being washed out.
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| Zabriskie Point |
The location was named after Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, vice-president and general manager of the Pacific Coast Borax Company in the early 20th century. The company's twenty-mule teams were used to transport borax from its mining operations in Death Valley.
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| Brian and Patty at Zabriskie Point |
Borates, which made up a large portion of Death Valley's historical past were concentrated in the lake beds from hot spring waters and alteration of rhyolite in the nearby volcanic field. Weathering and alteration by thermal waters are responsible for the variety of colors represented here.
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| Zabriskie Point colors |
Tomorrow I will finish our Death Valley adventure. We will share our pictures of Walter Scott's Cabin. You will not want to miss that!
God Bless,
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