Good morning, my friends. I'm writing to you lot from the stone-age where nix electronic industrial plant whatever more. We spent some fourth dimension yesterday experimenting, but cannot seem to convey our jail cellular telephone signal upward to a flat for anything to a greater extent than useful than receiving text messages. Mike has an thought that our phones powerfulness last the problem. When nosotros switched service, nosotros opted to maintain our onetime AT&T phones. We hoped they would last compatible amongst Verizon's system, in addition to thence far, they take away hold been. Here inwards Death Valley, however, nosotros powerfulness take away hold exceeded our limits. It's hard to say.
So, it occurs to me that afterwards nearly 10 years of blogging, I take away hold a lot of onetime stuff that powerfulness piece of employment equally good equally if it occurred today. We spent yesterday relaxing. Today we'll belike leave of absence for a hike. As for blogging, I'm going to recycle some of the oldies but goodies for the fourth dimension we're here. If I can't tell you lot almost what I'm doing today, I tin at to the lowest degree portion some memories from the past. And this is lame, I know, but it's the best I tin make until I acquire a amend jail cellular telephone phone signal.
So I've cutting in addition to pasted a post from Jan 14, 2011...like I said, the stone-age. It was a twenty-four hours when nosotros visited the Borax Mining Museum, Zabriskie Point, in addition to the Furnace Creek Inn. Zabriskie Point is i of the to a greater extent than scenic viewpoints inwards the park. Furnace Creek Inn is similar an oasis inwards a really harsh landscape. We've eaten dinner at that topographic point many times, although the prices take away hold risen beyond the bespeak at which nosotros tin relish a repast at that topographic point whatever more. We soundless powerfulness caput upward at that topographic point for cocktails or dessert, however.
And so, fasten your seatbelts in addition to move through fourth dimension amongst me. Please relish this nail from the way-back machine.
We started our twenty-four hours yesteryear heading over to the Furnace Creek Ranch again. I wanted to selection upward a twosome to a greater extent than postcards, in addition to I too needed to halt at the post office. While nosotros were there, nosotros visited the Borax Mining Museum, which is gratis to visitors. If you lot desire the self-guided tour, the petty tour guides cost $2.50, however. We opted for the non-guided tour in addition to only looked at the stuff they had there. It was a lot of stuff similar this:
I love seeing stuff similar this. Can you lot imagine traveling across province inwards a phase coach similar this? It must take away hold been awfully bumpy in addition to hot. I tin imagine one's nurture terminate beingness pretty battered in addition to bruised yesteryear journey's end. There was a lot of equipment relating to the mining operations that used to acquire on inwards Death Valley, mainly borax, but too silvery in addition to gold.
After that, nosotros noticed something nosotros hadn't seen inwards this expanse before. There was a walkway inviting us to meet their solar array that produces one i K m watts of power! We were really impressed yesteryear this. I'm alone going to post i painting demo of it because they weren't all that interesting, but endeavor to accept inwards the scale of this operation.
With the livability of Death Valley thence subject on air-conditioning inwards the summer, it's expert to meet them harnessing this gratis in addition to build clean resource. After that, nosotros drove over to the 20 Mule Team Canyon, which we've seen before. Still, I tin never acquire over the majesty of this landscape. The drive starts here:
And continues through the canyon. There aren't whatever hiking trails per se, but I climbed to the top of i of these bluffs. When I got to the top, I got a 360 flat sentiment of these rugged hills in addition to colorful formations. (I believe this is on the other side of the attain from the Artist's Palette.)
After taking inwards that view, nosotros went over to the Furnace Creek Inn, which is a privately-owned resort built inwards Death Valley inwards the early on 1900's. We've eaten at the restaurant on our previous ii visits. The service is excellent, in addition to the house itself is really romantic in addition to peaceful. The terminal fourth dimension nosotros were here, nosotros wandered or thence the grounds at night. This time, nosotros decided to meet it yesteryear day.
We were glad nosotros did because nosotros wandered or thence their beautiful gardens, which nosotros hadn't noticed inwards the dark. (By the way, Death Valley is a black heaven park, in addition to thence it is very black at night.)
