The temps had gotten pretty warm here in Las Vegas recently, but then we had a wind storm come through last week and the temps cooled off considerably. The high in Las Vegas was only in the upper 60s today, so it was perfect weather for Death Valley! It gets up to the 130s there in the summer, which is just unreal! So we wanted to go know while the temps were still bearable! ;) At Badwater Basin, it was only in the 80s today..but it definitely felt much hotter! Here are a few pics from our day!
Our first stop was at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center, which was almost 2 hours exactly from our house.
From the Visitor Center, we drove out about 15 more minutes to Badwater Basin where we had a picnic lunch on the side of the mountain (the only spot we could find shade!) & then did a bit of exploring.
{the view from our picnic blanket}
As much as we miss living near home, we are grateful for this crazy life the Air Force has given us. If the military wouldn't have made us move out here, this is something we probably never would have even thought about visiting! It was so surreal to this in person. From our cross-country drive when we were moving out to Las Vegas to visiting the Hoover Dam to seeing the mountains outside our kitchen window every day to walking across the lowest elevation on this continent that was an ocean at one point--the terrain & topography is just unlike anything we've ever seen. I know our kids are young, so it's hard for them to really appreciate everything we're seeing. But it's really something to think about how much of this country the girls have already experienced at the ripe ages of 6 and 4!
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