Death Valley day 2

Death Valley is so cool!!! Today we saw Salt Creek and the tiny pup fish that live there. This creek is more salty than the ocean! The fish are tiny but fast and fun to watch. They were given their name because they play like puppies. We also got to see Road Runners at the creek. All the boys were so excited, especially when they flew a little.

We took a ride around Artist Drive. It had some interesting colors. And I got to take a few pictures of the desert flowers.

We also drove to the Furnace Creek Inn to check it out. We had watched documentaries about the parks and inns before our trip and I wanted to see it. We didn't get a good look, it did seem smaller than I thought it would be. The pool there is interesting, it doesn't use any kind of chemicals, it is continuously fed by an underground spring and the water is replaced 5 times a day.

After lunch at the 49er Diner we got back in the car for a drive up to Ubebehebe Crater. This crater was formed when lava heated up water from an underground spring and the pressure caused it to blow. It was pretty cool but very windy.

We got back to our hotel to find that the construction going on had broken a water line and we didn't have water in our room. We took the boys swimming while they worked on it and they gave us coupons for some free drinks and desserts at the restaurant. It was fixed by the time we were done with dinner.


Salt Creek

Pup fish

Artist's Drive

Only Jacob and I got out to walk up the hill for this view. A man up there took our picture.

Desert Flowers

The Furnace Creek Inn.

Ubehebebe Crater.

Stopped by the sand dunes from the other road....better pictures :)

At the pool area waiting for the water to be fixed.