We hiked into the Golden Canyon, about 1.5 miles. It was wonderful. The sun was just peeking over the canyon walls, so we were able to stay in shade for most of the walk.
We added our stone altar to the floor.
We returned to the car and drove 17 miles to Badwater Basin, 282 feet below sea level. There is some salty, brackish water there. But the salt flats shine.
Visitors walk out onto this hardened path beside the salted ground.
Our third stop was Artist's Palette. We drove about ten miles on a one lane circle. The colors were
surprising. Green and pink rocks along with white, tan, dark brown. Some of the hills looked like
swirls of ice cream.
Coming out here with paints and easel in the early morning or almost dark
on different days - you know you'd see different visions every time. This is magical.
We stopped back at the Visitors Center to buy postcards and watch a movie about Death
Valley. The Timbisha Shoshone live here. They have never left this, their ancestral home.
We were curious about how they survive in the summer. Google says they move to another location,
and this is their winter home. That makes sense.
We returned to our room and walked to lunch. Now it's napping, reading, washing clothes, watching
TV - all the things we can do inside while the temps climb out there. Tonight we will go out for star watching again. We're going to drive to the Golden Canyon parking lot, 2 miles away.
The sky here is dark. We can see the Milky Way and so many stars that it's hard to pick out the Big Dipper. The stars are in a black velvet bowl above us.
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