Death Valley

I really didn't know much about Death Valley other than it was a hot dry desert. 

Today, we found out just how hot and dry. 

This picture was taken at 10 am. It's 116 degrees in Death Valley. 

HOT! 

Death Valley is also mountainous, barren, bleak, deadly, and rugged. 

We had to visit Badwater Basin, which is the lowest place in the US, 282 feet below sea level. 

We could walk out onto the salt bed dry lake. 

There actually was water in the lake, this small amount of dark between the white salt. Obviously, the water is "bad".