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Death Valley National Park - 3/15/08

I went to Death Valley National Park last Saturday. It started out as a nice day, but it got really cloudy and windy as the afternoon wore on. I got to visit a few spots that I didn't get to visit before: Scotty's Castle, Ubehebe Crater and The Racetrack. I just wish it had been sunnier. I mean, it was cold at Ubehebe Crater!!!

The wildflowers were out in bloom alongside the road from Stovepipe Wells to Furnace Creek, as well as alongside the road to Beatty, NV. I saw many different types: Desert Sunflower, Wild Heliotrope, Parachute Plant, Desert Star and Yellow Cups. It was pretty windy and cloudy so the pictures didn't come out as well as I had hoped. But there is always next time ;)

I posted pictures below.


Links to check out:

Death Valley National Park
Places of Interest in Death Valley
Death Valley Wildflower Reports

Bakersfield to Death Valley - Round Trip

Mesquite Dunes

Animal tracks on the dunes

Devil's Cornfield

Scotty's Castle

The Racetrack Playa

A rock on teh Racetrack Playa

Ubehebe Crater

Artist's Palette

Badwater

Badwater - the lowest point in North America

the "bad water" at Badwater

Devil's Golf Course

Devil's Golf Course - up close

Zabriske Point at dusk

Wildflowers in Death Valley

Yellow Cups

Wild Heliotrope

Parachute Plant

Parachute Plant

Fillaree

Desert Sunflower

Desert Star

Desert Five Spot

Creosote Bush with a Plasterer Bee

Hedgehog Cactus

Wildflowers on Granite Road outside of Bakersfield

I took a drive not too long ago on Granite Road. There are lots of wildflowers out there....Fiddleneck, Popcorn Flower, Miner's Lettuce, Wild Hyacinth, Red Maids, and more! Th hills are orange with Fiddleneck. It was kind of cloudy that day so I didn't get a whole lot of pictures.

Granite Road

White Fiesta Flower

Red Maids

Unknown white flowers

if anyone knows what this is called, please leave a comment :)

Field of Fiddleneck on Granite Road

Granite Road

Granite Road

Kern Canyon and Kernville

I took a drive to Kernville about 2 weeks ago to see the wildflowers. There were quite a few in Kern Canyon....Fiddleneck, Lupine, Popcorn Flower, Miner's Lettuce, to name a few. Then around Kernville, lots of California Poppy, Lupine, Bird's Eye Gilia, Chia, and a few Bishop's Lotus and Spreading Fleabane. I posted pictures below. The day was partly cloudy and pretty windy, so I am surprised any of the pictures were in focus - lol.

Wild Hyacinth

Spreading Fleabane

Red Stemmed Fillaree

Popcorn Flower

Owl's Clover

Miniature Lupine

Miner's Lettuce

Lupine

Fiddleneck

Coulter's Jewelflower

Chia

California Poppy among Bird's Eye Gilias

California Poppy

Bishop's Lotus

Bird's Eye Gilia