{"id":1698,"date":"2011-08-10T23:35:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T04:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2011-08-11T07:29:28","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T12:29:28","slug":"death-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=1698","title":{"rendered":"Death Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While in Las Vegas last week, I had the opportunity to go for a (quick) road trip to Death Valley, California.\u00a0 If you like heat, this is the place for you.\u00a0 Think &#8220;opening the oven to look at your pizza&#8221; type heat! Its extremely intense.\u00a0 However, its an easy and very enjoyable drive.\u00a0 The roads are in great condition and the views are spectacular.<\/p>\n<p>On the road there ; some great mountain views<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0590.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1699\" title=\"IMG_0590\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0590.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0590.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0590-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the spot.\u00a0 It is the lowest place in North America ; 282ft below sea level.\u00a0 There is a rectangular sign about 1\/2 way up that mountain (difficult to see on the picture) where shows the sea level.\u00a0 Its a looooong way up!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0620.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1700\" title=\"IMG_0620\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0620.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0620.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0620-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Out for a walk on the salt flats.\u00a0\u00a0 The temperature was a crazy 117f\u00a0 (+-47c) when we did this walk. I have to admit that walk was not one of my brightest ideas.\u00a0 When we left the car, we had cold drinks in our hands.\u00a0 I kid you not ; when we walked back about 15 minutes later, they were piss warm, yuk!\u00a0 Only good thing is that the humidity is so low that you don&#8217;t get all sweaty like in Cayman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0623.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1701\" title=\"IMG_0623\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0623.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0623-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My high school friend Mathieu joined me on this road trip.\u00a0 He is getting married in a few weeks and thought it would be great so spend some time with him so he flew down to join me!\u00a0 Very wise of her, Julie did not come to Las Vegas with me.\u00a0 There was not a day below 105 while I was there, so staying inside in the A\/C was the way to go.\u00a0\u00a0 Note, we are not holding hands in this picture! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0631.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1702\" title=\"IMG_0631\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0631.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0631.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0631-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The temperature gauge in the rental car!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0636.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1703\" title=\"IMG_0636\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0636.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0636-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the way back, we saw this fellow on the road.\u00a0 He seemed lost.\u00a0 We tried to give him some water but that was a failure. Anyway, coyotes have survived in the desert for thousands of years, so I assume s\/he will be OK.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0642.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1704\" title=\"IMG_0642\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0642.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0642.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0642-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The trip!\u00a0 We started out in Las Vegas, then took the northern route (top) and then after Death Valley, went south (down) and back to Las Vegas to complete the loop. +-330miles\/550km from Las Vegas, to Death Valley and back in one afternoon!\u00a0 If you plan on doing this trip on your next trek to Las Vegas, get a comfortable rental car, bring lots of drinks and a GPS is quite useful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1705\" title=\"n\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/n-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While in Las Vegas last week, I had the opportunity to go for a (quick) road trip to Death Valley, California.\u00a0 If you like heat, this is the place for you.\u00a0 Think &#8220;opening the oven to look at your pizza&#8221; type heat! 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