Death Valley, CA
Main hall of the Castle. The room was cooled by a fountain located opposite the fireplace.
Tile work in Castle's kitchen. The round structure in the upper corner is the garbage receptacle.
Ubehebe Crater, 800 feet deep, was created by a volcanic explosion 3,000 years ago.
Titus Canyon is a one-way, dirt road that crosses the mountains to Nevada.
Hills along the colorful Artist's Palette Drive, closed due to floods.
Beautiful Death Valley hills.
We were treated to fabulous sunsets.
Bill waiting for the sunset show to begin. The show received two thumbs up.
Susan, just one more imbalanced amateur photographer.
A distant view of Badwater, which is 282 feet below sea level.
Badwater with 11,000 ft Telescope Peak in background.
Isn't this an attractive fellow. I guess the abundance of flowers brought them out.
Rock Daisies.
Caterpillars turned out to eat the flowers, and attracted birds to... well you know.
 
   
Scotty's Castle
Scotty's Tower housed the power and water systems for the estate.
Weathervane depicting miner and mule - it could actually be Scotty.
Bill at the Castle guest house. How did this guys name get on the guest list?
Silver Cholla.
Desert Five Spot. Hmmm, where did they get that?
Desert Chicory
Beaver Tail in bloom.