Lots of hiking today in a wide variety of places.
first was Golden Canyon. A walk through yellow and brown canyons up to some dramatic red cliffs. The trail ends at the cliffs. Saw ravens flying around.
next was Badwater. This is the low point of the park at minus 280 feet. It is a large area of salt flat with mountains surrounding it. Telescope peak at 11,000 feet goes up from the flat. There is water less than a foot under ground here and this was a large lake a long time ago. Roughly every 10 years it will flood and a ranger had a picture of someone kayaking in it! It is a vast area and you feel pretty small walking out into it.
I had lunch under these shaded parking spaces at the visitor center. Temp was 85 and of course full sun. After lunch it was on to Mosaic Canyon. This is a good one! Steep narrows and walls to climb around. Yet another strange area to visit.
finally I went to the sand dunes near sunset. Large area of sand dunes where you can walk wherever you want for as far as you want.
Gas station in Furnace Creek wanted 7.50 for gas! Later I got gas at Stovepipe wells for 5.50. I guess this is a preview for the rest of the country.
This was a big day but went by fast with so many new and different things to check out.
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