We survived Death Valley!

We went camping this past weekend with Jordan's family. It was for his Aunt Twila's 50th. We actually stayed in Panamint Springs which is just outside Death Valley. It was about 15-20 degrees cooler and was actually pretty cold in the mornings and night. It was a lot of fun. We got there Friday night so we just sat around the fire and ate hot dogs and smores. On Saturday, we drove to Dante's View which is really spectacular. It looks over badwater; which is the lowest place in the southern hemisphere. Then we drove down to badwater and walked around. On our way back we got date shakes which were especially yummy since we were so hot! Death Valley is huge, so it was a lot of driving that day.  We celebrated Twila's birthday that night and ate a lot of good food :) Sunday, we got up and ate breakfast and packed everything up and everyone went their separate ways. Jordan and I decided to go on this really cool hike that was really close to where we camped. It was really pretty and green for the dessert! The hike dead ended at a beautiful waterfall and Jordan took a little swim :) It was a really fun time, I'm so glad that we did that together!

Dante's View

looking back at our car

our little family hike

the rock at the top left is cool