39.05 Death Valley, California—an introduction to a desert of immense beauty. ('Death be not proud' although in its case, it's earned the praise.
Introductory pictures only; we probably have 150 comparable images. Jen goes 'walk-about' along the Golden Canyon. Over the years, we have spent an increasing amount of time in deserts. We remember when ‘desert’, never dessert’, had a negative connotation. Today, the roles are reversed because desserts are mostly unhealthy but still delicious while deserts do wonders for one’s condition. We do qualify our statement by recognizing we choose periods outside the summer months, whenever possible, to visit the supposedly barren wastelands. Of course, they are neither barren nor wastelands. This is our third visit to Death Valley but our first to the full trail of the Golden Canyon with all its additions, basically, the ‘bells and whistles’. Truth be told, the rugged beauty in forms of mountains, valleys, arroyos, canyons, mounds in hues of orange, brown, red, yellow, gold supported with gray, white, pink and black created a day in which we hiked in awe. It was a period w...