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USA Trip. Death Valley

30 April, 2020 17:14
  • death valley
    After beautiful Tenaya lake we were ready to embrace the endlessness of Death Valley's dry, bald territory
  • drive
    Really can't remember why I had such face here.
  • tonopah, death valley
    Stopped at a small town of Tonopah on our way to Death Vally Inn motel
  • tonopah, death valley, hills have eyes
    Had a strong feeling of 'Hills have eyes' there, tbh: the town looked and felt almost completely abandoned in a sudden mode.. Wouldn't wanna spend a night there =/
  • beatty, las vegas, nv, death valley
    Kept driving to Beatty, NV, to the mentioned hotel - another creepy, ghost looking town with the only difference of a shorter proximity to Las Vegas, NV, hence saw more life there.
  • death valley, drive, nv, beatty
    Arrived late at night to the hotel, exhausted after our looong drive and windy Death Valley
  • death valley inn, motel
    Was nicely surprised in the morning by the look of our motel - click on image to be redirected to their website, if you're in the area and wanna see their prices! The link will open in a new window.
  • death valley inn, motel, pool, furbished
    Inside it looked very nice and newly furbished, they even have a pool - for hotter summer weather! Very recommend it.
  • beatty, nv, death valley
    Then we had breakfast and a short walk around town, only to realise that our motel was apparently one of the most luxury looking spots in Beatty..)) The impression was stronger since everyone can smoke inside the restaurants / diners, whereas in hotel it was not allowed (YAY!))).
  • death valley, nv, driving, desert

We kept driving back towards Los Angeles in order to catch a plane that evening, and found this real looking piece of desert on the way, so had to stop and take some photos! You can find some HERE , too (scroll down for Death Valley part).

  • death valley, desert, nv, silly
    Just had a good time and silly laughs as were really excited to finally see this legendary place!.
  • los angeles, crazy, traffic
    And here we were back to Los Angeles and its CRAZY traffic and rhythm of life.
  • los angeles, crazy, traffic
    At some point I counted 9 (?) lanes each way. After Tenerife's 2 lanes on the main capital's motorway that felt insane, even as a passenger. How driver (Edu) felt - I don't even wanna think..
  • los angeles, crazy, stressful, traffic, drive
    The pressure was real also since we had to catch the plane (can you actually say 'catch ' about a plane?))) and give back our rented car, filled up with gasoline beforehand. So yeah, that was a hell of a stressful drive..
  • los angeles, crazy, traffic, stressful, drive
    But we had some good, funny moments too, though. For instance, we've created a name for our unborn, imaginary child, based on a couple of places we passed by: Archibald Cucamonga ! =D

In the end we made it, of course thanks to  my genious directions  Edu's smart driving (there were a few times when he didn't listen to me and was right. Rather an exception tho, of course..)) and super nice staff of SIXT car rental company, so we came back to New York in time, safe and sound, although very stressed out and completely exhausted... but New York had almost a WEEK of relax waiting for us, so we were just really very happy that we made it to the flight in time. Xx