We are in Death Valley, meeting Kathy and Bill here. The weather has been weird, like it has been in the desert Southwest all winter. Lots of rain. California needs it, so we don't mind the disruption.
One day we rented a jeep and drove to some places that we have not been able to visit. It was a lot of fun.
Viewed some parts of Death Valley that were spectacularly beautiful.
And got to a spot where we have wanted to visit for several years: Teakettle Junction. It is so named because people used to hang a teakettle on the part of the sign indicating where people should go to follow them. Now, people hang their old teakettles.
That's what we did. Ours had been used for six road trips, and was wearing thin. We decided this would be a good resting place for it.
Vicky entertained us with "I'm a little teapot short and stout...."
The next spot we went to is one of the natural wonders of the world: The Racetrack.
On this dry river bed rocks move and leave tracks. Scientists have theories about how this hapens, but no definitive proof. It is really something.
Then we drove to two mines. The first was the Ubhebee Lead Mine.
The second mine was the Lost Burro mine, on a road that was classified as an "easy Class 3" road. This means that it was kind of tricky.
For one part, I walked out on it to make sure there was a place we could turn around if it became impassable.
Here we go!
The mine had a number of structures that were interesting to see:
See Vicky?
Kathy, Bil and me at the mine:
A few other photos of our week here with them:
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