Death Valley back to Oak Hills

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Mileage: let’s say 267

OMG. I totally forgot to mention in yesterday’s post two major events. We woke up on Wednesday and saw a mountain lion running across the golf course which we both took as a sign that my cats surgery later that day would be okay. We were right! (She’s thriving in my aunt Christina’s care). Also, we had scattered clouds all day so didn’t have any expectation of star gazing. We were wrong this time! We saw the fricken Milkey Way! Our necks still hurt from looking up for an hour or two but it was worth it to feel so small and see something so amazing!

We started the day at Zabriski Point in the Badlands here.
Looks yummy.
We passed some lava flows on the way to …
… the Armagosa Opera House! I stayed in the hotel portion with some friends (Hi Claire! 👋🏻) over a decade ago and it was something very special.
Marta Becket ran this for decades and had painted murals inside and would perform every Saturday! She passed in 2017.
The hotel.
Lobby entrance. They were closed but there was a Christmas tree on inside.
I see the table and chairs from our room made their way outside.
It looks like they are trying to open again in February and I wish them all of the luck in the world. This place is a treasure.
Some history on Marta.
Anyhoo! We made it to Mesquite Dunes and mom walked on them!!!!
These will always be my favorite sand dunes.
I have a picture of me from ages ago walking away on sand dunes and now mom has hers!
A happy nerd.
Dropping down into the Paniment Valley.

Death Valley is the largest National Park in the lower 48 and there is just so much we didn’t explore. This is it for this trip but we will come back in a couple of years. We also have some day trips we are planning over the next week and will share those too!

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