I wanted a warm spring break, so naturally Death Valley was a good place to stop. Can't get hotter and drier than a place that was once so hot that birds fell out of the sky and died. Death Valley is overwhelmingly beautiful, and the abundant sunshine certainly helped. It was tempting to spend the whole day hiking around on the rocks, but we wouldn't want to suffer the same fate as the pioneers!
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| Zabriskie Point |
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| Nope, that's not water, it's salt. Andy remained convinced that it was water up until we noticed the crunch of salt under our feet. |
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| We may or may not have tried licking it... it really is salt. |
Surprisingly enough, U2's album cover for The Joshua Tree was not taken in the Joshua Tree National Park, but in the beginning of Death Valley. As soon as this bit of trivia was brought to our attention, we absolutely had to make a stop and attempt to recreate their album cover. While we were down one member and pointed slightly to the right of where they were, we still did a good job. To think that Bono himself was once standing slightly to the left of where we were...
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