Ever been to Death Valley? It is a weird weird place. I’ll just show you the photos from our recent excursion. Long post, so get comfortable.
BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE. . .
Death Valley is the largest National Park in the lower 48 states and includes 7 (SEVEN!) mountain ranges. It is the hottest place on earth and gets maybe 2″ of rain a year. Although it is straight across the mountains from us, it takes more than 6 hours to get there. Everything in the desert seems to be designed to hurt or kill you – heat, lack of water, water that contains tremendous salinity or even arsenic, thorns on everything that grows. Oh, and scorpions too. The folks who choose to live and work there are warriors, soldiers, and unusually tough people. I am not one of them, but our good friend is, so we went to visit her. I’m glad we did, and glad we got to come home.
I spent a week in Death Valley when I was in college — got a unit for a class that included mornings studying biology, entomology, geology, meteorology. We stayed in an abandoned mining camp with no running water or refrigeration. Challenging! Youth can do many things! We hiked around in the afternoons — it was spring so not too hot. Wildflowers were gorgeous! Go back in spring, Jana.
Joyce, we didn’t even see any bugs!! For that week, I think you should have gotten 3-4 units, 2-3 for toughness (PE, recreation, survival) and 1 for the academics. And we do hope to return in the spring. . . you know me and wildflowers.8-)
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Looks like quite the adventure, Jana. But I’m with you — I’d be glad to get home after visiting such a place too!
Hope you’re enjoying the holiday season. Merry Christmas to you and your Trail Guy! 🙂
Cheryl, thanks for checking in, and Merry Christmas to you and Don!
I spent a week in Death Valley when I was in college — got a unit for a class that included mornings studying biology, entomology, geology, meteorology. We stayed in an abandoned mining camp with no running water or refrigeration. Challenging! Youth can do many things! We hiked around in the afternoons — it was spring so not too hot. Wildflowers were gorgeous! Go back in spring, Jana.
Joyce, we didn’t even see any bugs!! For that week, I think you should have gotten 3-4 units, 2-3 for toughness (PE, recreation, survival) and 1 for the academics. And we do hope to return in the spring. . . you know me and wildflowers.8-)
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