Tag Archives: Death Valley

Baker, California: Home to the World’s Largest Thermometer

As you drive through the vast Mojave Desert you are astounded by the monotony. Sand, more sand, even more sand, interspersed with straggled bushes and rocks. Every so often, however, you find yourself driving through one of the little towns that litter the highways, glorified pit stops that survive on the money of travelers passing […]

Haunted Furnace Creek Inn Death Valley CA

Furnace Creek Inn & Ranch Resort in Death Valley National Park in California. Surrounded by arid desert this is a resort with two hotels. Furnace Creek Inn is a historic Four Diamond inn. Furnace Creek Ranch is more of a family oriented 224 room cabin. Holy Ghost Spirits at Furnace Creek Inn is announced by […]

Five Places to Stay Near Death Valley

Death Valley National Park is one of the most beautiful places in the United States. Granted, it’s located in the Mojave Desert in California. It’s h-o-t in the summer, and it doesn’t cool down much in the winter. Still, it’s a magnificent place to visit. Geological formations, sailing rocks, big horn sheep, oceans of wildflowers […]