24-FEB-2008
"Happy birthday to me! Happy birthday to me! Happy birthday, dear me, Happy birthday to me!"
It was so amazing to wake up on my birthday in Beatty, Nevada after having heard it rain in the night and to realize that it wasn't a dream. Rain in the desert. Rare, even in the winter.
Death Valley averages less than 2 inches of rain a year!
24-FEB-2008
It was crazy light in the morning after the rain. We thought perhaps there would be more rain, but no.
24-FEB-2008
After a wonderful Mexican breakfast, we went to Ubehebe Crater. It is remarkable how the landscape changes even while within the park.
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600 feet deep. I wish I had some scale to show you, but it was early, cold and incredibly windy so not many people were there yet.
24-FEB-2008
Here you go. Here's a bit more scale.
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After Ubehebe Crater we went to Scotty's Castle. There were places to walk through the canyon behind the "castle" that had the remains of the construction equipment used to build the castle.
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This shack is where the men who were building the castle would go for showers, etc. It had running hot and cold water.
