Death valley 2

More pictures of Death Valley.  Laurie is posing at the sign for Bad Water (salt flats), the sea level is marked on the rock face above us - we were 285' below sea level.
The colouring and shapes of the hillsides reminded me of Jamoca almond fudge ice cream, sometimes with chocolate syrup on top, sometimes with chunks of almonds.  I think the heat was making me delirious!  After camping at Furnace creek, we continued north through the mountains on a small, gravel road that wound it's way out of the valley.   No we didn't stop at the sand dunes, apparently missed something special.  We did find Zabriskie Point to be worth the hike (any hike at 41 degrees up hill has to be well worth it!)
On to Lake Tahoe.