Death Valley National Park

11/24/07 - 12/09/07

I spent a couple of weeks here in Death Valley. I found it to be a very fascinating place to visit. I had a great time wandering through various canyons and washes. I also highly recommend the evening ranger talks. They are very educational and entertaining.

Despite the fact that Death Valley is known as a desert, I saw rain in some area of the park nearly half the days that I was here. The Furnace Creek area, where I was staying, gets an average of less than 2 inches of rain a year. However, it rained 0.55 inches overnight one night. That's more than a quarter of the annual rainfall in one night. But the scattered rain storms and the associated clouds added some additional character to the typical Death Valley landscape.

Death Valley View
Steve Winker