Death Valley 1

We left Las Vegas and headed for Death Valley.  Made a stop at Shoshone Information Centre and found the lovely lady to be knowledgeable and helpful.  And we found this tiny little building (a long defunct gas station) contained a museum with the some bones and tusks of wooley mammoths!

Yup, that's the screen inside the truck, it was 41 degrees C and we still decided to camp in Furnace Creek.   We did have power, so the A/C was on but it was mighty hot.  We found we couldn't walk outside for long, and if we had to hike up to a view point, it was a very slow stroll.    Supper that night was a salad, but Laurie had to BBQ some chicken because the fridge was unable to keep the temperature at the appropriate level.  

A lot of the desert is gravel, allevium deposits.  It astounds me that some of the plants can even get a toe hold in that hostile climate.   We saw a coyote lope through our campsite this morning, he looked to be managing quite well despite the heat.