Day 23: Las Vegas to Death Valley

Late start. Joined up with Kerry and Regan around 11 am, then hit the road towards Death Valley. Visiting Scotty's Castle is off the menu. The area where the castle is located was hit with a very large flash flood just before we left, so visiting there is a no go. The road is closed. Won't be open until Fall 2016.

On the road to Beatty we passed a couple of chicken ranches, Regan wasn't interested in stopping.

Late lunch at Beatty (great sandwhiches).

Stopped of at Rhyolite (ghost mining town), then entered Death Valley and Firnace Creek Ranch Resort. Temperature now around 22 degrees, which is very pleasant.

Tonight is packing night. Especially for Kerry and Regan.

Tomorrow its down to LA and the flight home.

That's it. Really getting a little tired of travelling. Don't have the resilence I once had when it came to travelling. Regan and Kerry are busy planning their next trips to the US. Regan said tonight he enjoyed travelling the Loneliest Highway (which I agree with). Both of us dislike interstate driving, way too many big rigs (and I mean big) make the driving dangerous (all are travelling around 70 to 80 mph, so little room for error).

Tomorrow. We will explore Death Valley as we move toward Barstow, then it's down to Hollywood and little last minute and I do mean last minute shopping.

This trip has been very, very good. Have visited a number National Parks which have geological features or pre-european history. I guess my aim would be continue driving Route 50 (Lincoln Highway all the way to the Atlantic Ocean in Maryland). Maybe next year, who knows?