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Thursday, March 20, 2008

The Beginning at Death Valley

IMG_0969_thumb3 On the 16th we arrived at our campground and Dad started setting up the trailer.  We are on a campground more like a parking lot.  Surrounded on all sides by hills of dirt of mud.

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We climbed up the hills around the campground for a little bit.  They are fairly fun, you can get up high and overlook the entire camp site.  After setting up our campsite we went to the visitor center.  There I found they have an internet connection (therefore this post came to being).

IMG_1027_thumb3 On the 17th we went to Scotties Castle.  At Scotties Castle we took a tour through the house.  It was interesting and I was surprised how well preserved everything was.  We went on a tour and the guide, Mike, took us around the house as if we were in the late 1930s.

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IMG_1105_thumb1 We went on a hike to a dead waterfall.  I'm not sure what I was expecting, I should of known when it said that it was a "dead" waterfall.  The fall was probably somewhere around 20' tall.  My mom and I went up a rock scramble to get on the top of it.

IMG_1088_thumb3On the top of the waterfall we were placed between two huge walls of rock.  It was kind of cool looking up those big rocks as they'd get really narrow.  Rebekah and my dad stayed back at where we had lunch.  Daniel came up to the dead waterfall but was too small to attempt the scramble.  So only my mom and I continued.

 

IMG_1169_thumb2  We went on another hike where we saw a bunch of dirt, rocks, and hills.  The temperature came up to the high 80s and we were out in the middle of the hot son.  I don't have all the pictures from the camera yet, so I'll post them later.

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