12 October - Death Valley to Las Vegas
Well we thought we had seen all Death Valley had to offer but on the morning of our departure, our route out of Furnace Creek had us passing Zabriskie Point.
Zabriskie Point is a part of Amargosa Range located east of Death Valley
in Death Valley National Park
in California, United States
noted for its erosional
landscape. It is composed of sediments
from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago—long before Death Valley came into existence.
As mentioned earlier, rain had fallen earlier in the week;due to the desert terrain water does not run off. Much of the highway traversing desert terrain has more humps (dips) than a Bactrian Dromedary (camel) from Mongolia. It facilitates water draining away from the roads.
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We were told its a bit early in the season for rain hence the "abundance" of vegetation in the desert.
A typical desert plant in Death Valley.
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As we got closer to Vegas, we encountered the Red Rock Canyon - the photo does not do them justice - the canyon is a deep terracotta like red, probably of the same material as Uluru in Alice Springs, Australia.
Waiting to make a right turn into downtown Las Vegas - we are booked at Sam's Town KOA RV park.
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