Death Valley – Part Three

Death Valley - Part Three!In this video we explore the following areas:Darwin FallsScotty’s CastleThe Furnace Creek AreaDante’s ViewAs you have seen, Death Valley has many different faces!  Waterfalls, painted deserts, castles, salt flats and mountains, just to name a few. One of the most interesting features is Scotty’s Castle.  Built in the 1920’s as a vacation home it is a colorful slice of history.  Eventually the park service acquired the “castle” and conducted tours as a period museum with people dressed as they would have been dressed in the 20’s. The castle was as it would have been with the original…

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Death Valley – Part Two!

So much to see!  We continue our adventure in Death Valley.    This is such a diverse national park!  This week’s video features:Mosaic CanyonWildrose Charcoal KilnsEmigrant Pass (28mi.)Rhyolite Ghost TownMesquite Flat DunesFather Crowley Vista And yes….there is going to be a Part Three!Enjoy the Video!Travel Update:Not much has changed since last week…we only have a few weeks left to plan!https://youtu.be/TVB8aQTGTM0

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An eBike Tour of Borrego Springs, CA!

Wow…What fun we have had making this video!  For a couple days we set out on our eBikes to shoot this!  As you can imagine there were lots of BLOOPERS!  Our goal is to start telling about our adventures as well as capturing them on camera.  Borrego Springs is like the TV Show “Cheers”, everybody knows your name and your always glad you came!  The postal worker knows us by name and remembered us from last winter as well as the people at the grocery store! We can ride our bikes to town (only about a mile from our campground).…

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Desert to Mountains, Palm Springs Aerial Tram!

Wednesday we left Borrego Springs and drove up to Palm Springs to the Palm Springs Aerial Tram.  This Tramway is considered an engineering marvel featuring the world’s largest rotating tram cars! Valley station starts the adventure with the elevation of 2,643’ and your destination at Mountain station has an elevation of 8,516’. Mountain station has 2 restaurants (one self-serve) and one cocktail bar.  The Mount San Jacinto State Park is just behind the tram station providing backpacking and hiking opportunities.  The temperature change from Palm Springs to Mountain Station is 30-40 degrees!  There was still several inches of snow on…

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