Death Valley - Time To Go :(

This was our last few hours left in the park. We would need to check out of the hotel, and then drive back to Las Vegas. But we tried to see as much as we could in the limited time we had. We drove up the turn-off to the trail to the Natural Bridge. We didn't have time to hike the trail, but took some pictures of the massive eroded mountains at the trailhead.



The trailhead also had this view, looking back at the valley below. It really shows how large and vast the landscape here is. You can see the temporary lake that stretches across to Badwater Basin, the white saltpan, and the darker formations of the Devils Golfcourse. For a sense of scale, the lines that you can see at the bottom of the picture are roads.





After that we took the turn to the trailhead for Desolation Canyon. We didn't have time to hike the whole trail, but did walk along it for a few minutes to get a better look at these massive mountains.



But now, sadly, it was time to check out of the hotel. We packed up our stuff and loaded the rental car up. It was windy that day, enough that it kicked up a lot of the dust and sand. In some places, it almost looked like a little sandstorm was going on.



And then we reached the park boundary, and stopped to take one last picture. Like those lost 49ers, I looked back at the park and said "Goodbye, Death Valley." Then we headed across the border into Nevada.