Death Valley #3: Badlands

Sometimes your eyes play tricks on you. Or your mind just doesn’t know what’s in front of you. Ever had that? Well I have! In the Death Valley Badlands we stopped at what seemed to be a snowy field or an icy lake. Even the sound it made when we stepped on it,...

Death Valley #3: Dust in the Wind

Another highlight in Death Valley: the Mesquite flat dunes. Even though the area looks small,  you can walk around for hours if you want to, following the sharp lines of crescent dunes further into the desert. You might be surprised by a sand storm, scrubbing your face...

Death valley #2: Mosaic Canyon

Who ever thinks Death Valley is just desert is wrong. Ok, there are beautiful sand dunes (more about that soon), salt plains and lots of pink, purple and beige rocks, but the canyons are maybe the most impressive spots to visit. Mosaic Canyon is one of them, and the name...

Into Death Valley

When we decided we were going to take a trip from Las Vegas to Death Valley I expected to spend the day in a desert. Well, that was true, it’s the lowest, driest and hottest spot in Northern America (they even measured the highest July temperature ever), but I never...