Jan 14-16 2011 Death Valley

We moved camp to Stove Pipe Wells for some variety. We hiked out onto the sand dunes at sunset.

views of the sand dunes and John silhouetted

wind texture, sand dunes with mountains in the background and the kangaroo rats tracks in the sand

more views and a kid who had been surfing on the dunes.

We drove up the 4 wheel drive road in Cottonwood canyon. It was not the best thing to do in the Subaru. Here are petroglyphs, John looking up a dry fall, and me climbing one in a side canyon

Another Dry fall, colors in the rocks. The next day we tackled Grotto Canyon. I have been up it a couple times before with Judy, but we could never make it up very far.

John climbing the first dry fall, looking down what he climbed up and me trying to climb the last one we could never make it up.


Dry fall, sand dunes from the mouth of Grotto and sunset

the bus in the campground at Stove Pipe Wells at sunset.




Looking up the dry fall, patterns in the rocks. John in Grotto Canyon climbing the dry fall

John looking down the dry falls to the exit from the canyon. Did not want to climb them back down, we went around. the dunes from the mouth of Grotto canyon