A walk in Death Valley National Park

Is a walk of less than a mile really a walk? That’s maybe one for the philosophers but I’ll go with the Chinese proverb that says “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” and count my few single steps in Death Valley National Park as most definitely a walk. I had occasion to recall our visit to Death Valley after reading two recent posts, one by Sarah of travel with me which featured a picture of it and another by Bruce of vanmarmots travels who walked a longer trail than my own short leg stretch at Badwater Basin. Both reminded though just how beautiful and desolate Death Valley is and have prompted me to share my own experience of it.

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Walking with giants, the coastal redwoods of northern California

Reading the news recently that there are now more redwoods in the U.K. than in California (read here) reminded me of my own encounter with these magnificent giants of the natural world on an RV tour of the seven most western states in the contiguous USA some years ago. Commitments, coughs and colds seem to be conspiring to keep me away from Lakeland at the moment so I figure now is as good a time as any to finally write up and share some of these RV experiences that have sat gathering dust in the bottom drawer…

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