The next part is the sky and sun shining thru the clouds, and driving thru a canyon on
our way to ShowLow Arizona. The last part of the set are pictures of my Paternal Father; Larry,
his wife, Sharon, her brother, Chuck and his wife, Cindy.

Day 2
The day was spent at the
Petrified Forest
and
Painted Desert.
The end of this set was the beginning of day 4, when I had to take pictures of the
WigWam Motel
on historic Route 66 in Holbrook Arizona.
I wanted to stay there one night but didn't get the chance.

 

Day 4
We Headed out to go to Death Valley at 5am, as the sun was coming up.
We stopped and took a picture of Historic Route 66 sign, and the
worlds largest (cough) piece of Petrified Wood.
On our way I saw a sign for
Meteor Crater.
I decided to stop and check it out and was glad I did,
what a site! a giant hole in the ground, and some small meteorites.
My dog got into the mud and I had to wash her off in a
water puddle so she wouldn't dirty the truck.
I also stopped at and went over Hoover Dam
on our way passing into Nevada.
We Arrived in Death Valley after dark. I got a little confused and
turned around in Las Vegas, and almost ended up in Utah,
but I eventually made it to the valley.

Day 5:
Day 5 I got up at 5:30am.
The sun was not up yet, but I was. My first stop of the day was at
Dantes View, in Death Valley.
We were very lucky, on the way up the mountain we saw
a Big Horn Sheep. I have never seen one, Neither had Rosie.
We were Stoked. Pretty Cool Site.
We got ot the top of the mountain and it was pretty cold,
as I am sure you could see in the pictures.
I had breakfast after that and gambled on the
slot machines just across the border into Nevada.
The next stop was Zabriski Point. It was a bit warmer and I tried my hand at
a panarama shot of the point.
Next is Me standing next to the Death Valley Historic Marker.
Next is Rhyolite, the first of 2 ghost towns we encountered.
I have been to Rhyolite before but am always fascinated by the remains of broken
glass from the turn of the century in many different colors, including purple, blue, green and agua.
The places there were the jail, the bank, the cemetary and other buildings.

Titus Canyon and LeadField Ghost Town:
After Rhyolite ghost town, we headed down into Titus Canyon.
Titus Canyon is a wash with very high walls and narrow passages.
This was an Awesome sight!
We Skirted cliff walls and canyons, and ran into a ghost town
deep in the canyon called Leadfield.
Leadfield is an old mining town and there were mines still open there.
The last part of this section is the valley floor as we dropped back into Death Valley.
The pictures at the end are the clouds that form at the edge of the valley walls of the valley.

Well...
I hope you have enjoyed the gallery, we really enjoyed the trip.
If you ever get a chance to go, you should.