Part 1

Part 2

Day 4

The next morning I woke up and ate my  break fast. Then we all went driving in the car to Zabriskie point. At Zabriskie point we walked up a flat road. when we finished walking, we saw chocolate mountains on the top of the flat road. After that we all went back down the flat road, to where we started the hike.

 

Next we went driving to dante’s view. At dante’s view there were two ways to hike. We went on the right one first. We could see the badwater from where we were hiking. The trail was going upwards.

 

When we finished the trail we walked back down the trail and walked on the trail on the left side. We could still see the badwater from that trail. At the end of the trail we walked back to our car.

Then we drove all the way to a muddy road that lead to Darwin falls. we drove on the muddy road for a while, then we turned to go back. When we were going back, we saw another car going to the falls. So we turned around again and followed that car to darwin falls. At darwin falls we packed some water for the hike to the falls. When we started the hike it was really hot. But when we were nearby the waterfall it was shady. When we were in the shady part we saw a swamp! We all past the swamp. We all didn’t get to see the real waterfall because my mom thinks a waterfall is small.

At some point we turned around and walked back to our car. then we drove on the muddy road all the way to the flat road and on the flat road all the way to beatty. my dad got me a helicopter and we went back to the hotel. Then went to bed.

The next morning I woke up and ate breakfast. Then we all went driving in the car all the way home. We went the same way back home, from part 1. but backwards. the end.

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Day 3 :

The next morning, I woke up and ate bread with nutella for breakfast. After we finished our breakfast, we all got in my dad’s car and he drove to a ghost town named Rhyolite. I think Rhyolite became a ghost town by big flash floods. At Rhyolite we saw some fake ghosts on a long piece of wood and a circle that had some money inside it. we also saw a coach that we could sit on and we saw 2 miners that were made out of wood. Then we went back to the car and my dad drove on the road to see more stuff in Rhyolite. We saw a broken down school, a broken down bank and a broken down casino.

He drove on a highway for about 60 miles and 78 minutes. We drove for that much time all the way to Ubehebe crater. At Ubehebe crater, we looked at the board to learn more about the crater. After we finished looking and learning from the board we started hiking on the crater and got to see inside the crater

Looking inside the crater was scary.  We kept on walking until we found a really hard climb. On the really hard climb we took our time.  The climb had a lot of cracks on the side of the crater.  It took a really long time to reach the top of the really hard climb.

At the top of the really hard climb we saw a great view.  The view had  a lot of  mountains, a bigger view of the crater. We saw some cars drive to the Racetrack Playa. Then we all went back down the really hard climb. When we finished the really hard climb, me and my dad went the other way to the crater. It was going downhill and it was really hard too. When we reached the bottom, my mom took a picture of us (Spot me in the picture below!).

She took two pictures of us at the bottom. When she finished taking the pictures me and my dad climbed back up to our mom. Then we walked all the way back to our car.

 

 

Next, my dad drove to Golden canyon. It was a about 26 miles long to reach the canyon. At the canyon, we looked at the boards. We looked at the boards because it told us how long the hikes are and how many animals are there. When we finished looking at the board we went on the 1.5 mile hike through the Golden canyon. first it started out to be really hot. then it became  shady. I like the shady part better because it was really cool and we got to go in caves and tunnels.

The hike felt like we walked for three miles already. At the end of the hike we saw mountains shaped like chocolate chip. we all took pictures of the chocolate chip mountains. After we finished taking pictures of the mountains we went walking all the way back to our car. On the way we had some water breaks.

At the car, my dad drove to Badwater basin on a highway. At Badwater basin a lot of cars came to see the badwater at Badwater basin. We still found a parking lot that was empty. When we got out of the car we walked to the badwater lake. Around the lake there were tons of salt. the salt was hard as a road. there were also some salt in the lake. My mom took some pictures of the lake. After we took pictures of the lake we walked on the salt for about 1 mile long. Then we stopped walking and walked back to our car. We were all under sea level.

When we reached the car all of us got inside the car and my dad drove on the same highway to a muddy road. We drove on the muddy road all the way to the natural bridges. we all walked all the way to the natural bridge. My dad took some pictures of the natural bridge.

Then we walked all the way back to the car. My dad drove back on the muddy road to the flat road. He drove on that road to the artists palette road. We saw a lot of cool looking mountains on the drive. At the end of the drive we went  back  to beatty. I ate dinner at beatty. Then I went to bed.

Day 1 : Going to Ridgecrest

On October 20 my family and I were going on a trip to the Death Valley. We were going to stay there for 4 days. So my dad and I booked the Ridgecrest hotel and the Death Valley inn hotel on my dads computer. We were going to stay in the Ridgecrest hotel for 1 night and stay in the Death Valley inn hotel for 3 nights. After we all finished booking the hotels, my mom, my dad and I went to pack all the stuff we all needed to go to the place. Then we all got ready and walked to my dads car. We all got inside the car and drove from Benton street to G4 express way. (G4 means San Tomas express way) from G4 express way we went into 101 south highway. there were a lot of cars on the highway. my dad drove on 101 south for 28.6 miles and 25 minutes. from 101 south we merged on 152 east. we drove on 152 east for 41.1 miles and 42 minutes. It took a really long time. in sometime we went onto I-5 south. We drove on I-5 for 139 miles and 156 minutes.

Then we merged onto CA-99 south. The highway mostly had trucks on it. we drove on that highway for 22.5 miles and 26 minutes. then we merged onto CA-58 east, for 40.9 miles and 57 minutes. finally we merged to midland trail. then went on Garlock road and after Garlock road we drove to Redrock Randsburg road. from Redrock Randsburg road we merged onto US 395 north. Then we went to west china lake boulevard. Then we turned right and reached the Ridgecrest hotel, that we booked at our house. We all went to the check in desk and got our card. On our card our hotel number was 115. the check in desk person told us that our hotel is in front of the Walgreen’s shop. we all walked in front of the Walgreen’s shop and saw our hotel 115. We put the card inside the card inserter and went inside the hotel. The hotel looked really nice. After we looked around in the hotel, we went back inside my dads car and he drove to a nearby shop. inside the shop we bought bread and pasta. Then we went back inside the car and drove back to the Ridgecrest hotel. At our hotel my dad and I watched TV all the way to 9:00. Before we all slept off we changed our clothes and turned off the lights. then we all went to bed. we slept in bed for 10 or 11 hours.

Day 2 : Mesquite dunes & Going to Beatty

The next day, we all went to Roxanne’s cafe to eat our breakfast.  I ate cornflakes at Roxanne’s cafe and for breakfast . my dad ate omelet and my mom ate cornflakes too. When we all finished eating all the things that we got, We all went back in my dads car and he drove on 374 west, highway. He drove on that highway for about 57 miles. In 57 miles we made a stop at Panamint Springs. Then we all went inside a General Store and didn’t buy anything.

Then we went back inside our car and my dad drove all the way to Stovepipe wells on 374 west, highway. At Stovepipe wells we went inside another General store and didn’t buy anything again. After that we all got back into the car and my dad drove on 374 west, highway to the Mesquite sand dunes. My dad parked in one of the parking lots and my mom brought some water with us. when we went outside to the sand dunes we looked at a board to get more details of the sand dunes. After we looked at the board we went to the sand dunes.  the sand dunes were really huge!

me, my dad climbed the really big sand dunes and my mom took videos of them. It was super duper hot at the sand dunes. When we were all tired we walked back to the car and drove to Beatty on 374 west. It was a really long drive.

At Beatty we drove all the way to the Death Valley inn.  After we checked in we went to the family dollar.  We bought bread, nutella and the hummus spread. The stuff were 20 dollars. After buying those stuff we drove to the RV space station and got a few apples. Then we went back inside the car and drove to a nearby Subway shop. At the Subway shop we ordered our sandwiches. Then we ate them at some nearby tables. After that we drove back to the hotel. At the hotel I went to bed.