I walked ahead with my father and saw the famous paths of the rocks on the Racetrack Playa. Yes, somehow rocks here move mysteriously!
The floor is made of polygon-shaped dried mud and this is how it looks:
On the drive back we made a few stops to look at the cacti and flowers that were blooming. And the only thing that made us feel better about leaving Death Valley was that we had a lot more to look forward to.
This is me near the cactus with my Body Glove rash guard. Body Glove rules!
Yesterday I got a cold, which is very annoying. Considering we were in the desert, a cold doesn't seem to make much sense, but it gets cold at night! The temperature in Death Valley is crazy. Yesterday it was 91ºF during the day, 35ºF during the evening.
On the way out, we drove by Rhyolite, a typical ghost town like you see in the movies. It was cool except for some of the buildings that were renovated.
Our next stop: Zion National Park.
To get to Zion from Death Valley, we went through four states in just a few hours: California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah. The radio was on during all of the trip, it was a great satellite station called Classic Vinyl and it played a lot of my favorite music.
Click here to view more photos of March 17
