Kelly decided it was too hot to walk around and tried to steal a golf cart.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Death Valley
Within half an hour of getting into our motel room, I headed up to the registration desk to cancel our second night. The room had air conditioning, plus a fan and it was still so hot it was uncomfortable. There was no way to get anything but hot water out of the taps and everytime we went outside, one of us burned something. We burned ourselves on seat belts, on motel door handles, on metal railing by the restaurant and I can't remember what all else. It is certainly a place you need to experience to believe, but it's believable in one day...no need to stay longer!!
Hanging out inside where we didn't completely melt.
As the sun started to go down, things cooled off and the kids went outside to play baseball. I'm sure it must have gotten down below 100. It wasn't cool enough for me to join in the game.
I did manage to sit outside a read at 6:30 the next morning. It was actually very pleasant until about 8:00 when I was chased back inside again.

Kelly decided it was too hot to walk around and tried to steal a golf cart.
Kelly decided it was too hot to walk around and tried to steal a golf cart.
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- Taroko Gorge
- Doing our own thing at the hostel
- National Palace Museum
- Culture shock in Taipei
- Our last day in North America
- Some thoughts on the road
- Sunset in Marina
- Hanging out in Monterey
- Big Sur
- Route 66
- The Grand Canyon
- Eat your heart out Hanlon
- Hoover Dam
- Fun in Las Vegas
- Dante's View
- Dry, hot, beautiful
- Death Valley
- Furnace Creek Ranch
- Road through the canyon
- Art in the desert
- The thriving metropolis of Ryolite
- More wildlife
- Campbell & Kelly's new favourite road
- Rain in the desert
- Getting friendly with the wildlife
- Lunch break
- Who needs to hike to the summit?
- Time in Yosemite
- Nada Nevada
- Careless in San Fran
- My new camera
- Sightseeing in San Francisco
- Doing what we do best
- San Francisco
- Our next "campsite"
- A short day of travel
- A day at MacKerricher
- "Camping" in Fort Bragg
- Quite the bridge
- Enjoying the truly amazing redwoods
- Trying to follow the rules
- More of the Oregon coast
- Down the coast of Oregon
- One more night of camping
- High above Seattle
- The ferry to Anacortes
- The sun came out in Victoria
- Seeing the sights in Vancouver
- Off to Vancouver
- Zip lining in Whistler
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- Comfy and cozy in Kamloops
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