Death Valley, California

Satisfied that I would no longer have to use walls, other vehicles, morbidly obese people, etc. to stop the RV instead of using my brakes (see last post), we set off towards Death Valley. Death Valley was christened in the 19th century by gold prospectors who crossed the valley on the way to the gold fields, and no doubt encountered the searing heat of the subtropical desert climate.  Temperatures regularly exceed 45°C in the...

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Horton Creek, California

Our next official destination after Yosemite was Death Valley, but we stopped halfway for a night at a place called Horton Creek, a secluded spot in the Round Valley area. We were in the middle of the desert with wide open space for miles all around but with the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains looming in the distance on each side.  The mountains had an appealing, light dusting of snow, but it was plenty warm enough at ground...

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Yosemite National Park, California

Rocks.  If you asked me to describe Yosemite in one word, that's what it would be. Not the most poetic of ways to describe it I suppose and, of course, I'm selling the undeniable majesty of this place short by doing so.  But in fairness, huge granite cliffs and domes are the main features of the 7 square mile Yosemite Valley. In a way, I have to force myself to look at Yosemite objectively.  We've had our breath taken...

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