http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php/v/milah/hinkley2k5/death+valley/IMG_2288.JPG.html 18786 west of death valley, on the 127 or 178. http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php/v/milah/hinkley2k5/death+valley/IMG_2289.JPG.html 18790 note our impressive collection of insects. http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php/v/milah/hinkley2k5/death+valley/IMG_2290.JPG.html 18793 i had a better picture of this bush, but i erased it. http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php/v/milah/hinkley2k5/death+valley/IMG_2291.JPG.html 18796 you can kind of make out the wildflowers. http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php/v/milah/hinkley2k5/death+valley/IMG_2292.JPG.html 18799 http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php/v/milah/hinkley2k5/death+valley/IMG_2294.JPG.html 18802 http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php/v/milah/hinkley2k5/death+valley/IMG_2295.JPG.html 18805 you can make out the actual fields of wildflowers. http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php/v/milah/hinkley2k5/death+valley/IMG_2297.JPG.html 18808 mormon point. why are mormons always attracted to the most barren salt-riddled patches of land? http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php/v/milah/hinkley2k5/death+valley/IMG_2300.JPG.html 18811 we stopped for lunch at mormon point. http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php/v/milah/hinkley2k5/death+valley/IMG_2301.JPG.html 18814 i made everyone climb this rocky hill so we could have a good view when we ate. it might have been more effort than it was worth. http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php/v/milah/hinkley2k5/death+valley/IMG_2302.JPG.html 18817 http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php/v/milah/hinkley2k5/death+valley/IMG_2303.JPG.html 18820 or maybe it was worth it.. http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php/v/milah/hinkley2k5/death+valley/IMG_2304.JPG.html 18823 we went out on the salt lake bed. salt makes rather strange patterns when it crystalizes. http://gallery.casa-z.org/main.php/v/milah/hinkley2k5/death+valley/IMG_2305.JPG.html 18826 "leave only footprints, and take only what sticks to the bottom of your feet".