Sunset over Death Valley

Sunset over Death Valley

Sunset over Death Valley at Badwater salt flats. To get to best area of these salt flats requires about about a mile’s hike into the middle of the dry river bed. The salt chunks can be quite hard, and quite a few has this fine fluff / fur of salt hairs. The...
Stability and prosperity – Bank of Rhyolite

Stability and prosperity – Bank of Rhyolite

We continue with exploring the ghost town of Rhyolite in Death Valley, CA. ⠀ I believe these are the ruins of the bank building, impressive in its day to show stability and wealth. It reminds of the poem Ozymandias by Percy Byshhe Shelley (better known as husband to...
Permanence of Forgotten Things

Permanence of Forgotten Things

This colorful wreck is in the ghost town Rhyolite in Death Valley, CA. I suspect it’s placed there as a prop – the tires have air, and with good threads even.⠀ +++⠀ By 1907, the town Rhyolite had electric lights, water mains, telephones, newspapers, a...
Create Your Own Special Moments…

Create Your Own Special Moments…

Happy Chinese New Year !  Gung Hei Fat Choy !  As we start the Chinese New Year, I have a fun challenge to create new shared experiences and memories as a family, to seeing new places with excitement and good preparation.  Of course, we also want to share these...