Alaska Kiwi: Pahrumb NV to Furnace Creek Death Valley CA

I have not posted my blog for about a week now, as the Wi-Fi access in Furnace Creek is very limited.

October 20^th to 26^th Pahrumb NV to Furnace Creek Death Valley CA

We drove about 80 miles to Texas Springs Campground across the road from Furnace Creek. We camp here for 4 nights and had a fire each evening it was wonderful. Then the next 2 nights we camped at Sunset Campground where there are no fire pits or picnic tables. What's special here at this time of the year is live music every evening for next couple of weeks. There is an organization called the Death Valley 49ers and they meet at Furnace Creek each year for a Jamboree. The Death Valley 49ers is and organization that seeks to expand public awareness of Death Valley.

Furnace Creek Ranch has a warm mineral swimming pool which is available for public use, so we enjoyed a swim one afternoon.

Many of the roads in Death Valley are closed due to damage caused by floods in the spring, so access to many parts of the Valley was cut off. During the day we drove to different parts of Death Valley to do some hiking and enjoying the spectacular scenery and soak in some of the history. We did our hiking in the morning and in the afternoon, never in the midday sun as it gets too hot and there is little shade if any. Our 1^st evening here we went up to Zabriskie Point to watch the sunset, on our way back to the car we observed a Kit Fox. Other hikes included Golden Canyon, Artist Palette, Mosaic Canyon. We also viewed the remains of the Harmony Borax works. Twenty Mule Team Borax was the brand name of the Borax that was mined here.