Monday October 25th (Dante View)

Sunset Campground Furnace Creek to Stovepipe Wells Campground

30 Miles  

We got up early this morning to go for a 25 mile drive out to Dante View with an Elevation of 5475ft, this was meant to be the place to capture the sun rising. Unfortunately today was not the day to be there as it was very cloudy. The views we got from there were amazing, there was a cold wind that blew through you and we weren’t dressed for it. The last ¼ of a mile to Dante View the road had a 15% grade, there was a water tank beside the road that was to fill your radiator with, and fortunately we didn’t need it. On the way back to camp we did a one way road, called 20 Mule Train Road, it was a narrow and windy road. We stopped and looked at the famous Furnace Creek Motel at Sea Level Elevation. It is an old motel with the exterior build of stone.

While we were being tourists the wind really came up at the camp, the camper a few spaces away from us noticed that our awnings were been given a hard time by the wind, so he was kind enough to pull them in for us and secure them under Cassie.

We arrived at Stovepipe Village and noticed that the price of gas was 75cents a gallon less expensive than Furnace Creek, so we filled Chevy up here.

It was very hot here, but we are in the desert, the wind came up late in the afternoon while we were visiting Mosaic Canyon. We did a short hike here, so far our favorite place in Death Valley. The rock in the canyon appeared to be like polished marble, we didn’t get all the way into the canyon as it was getting late.