{"id":1084,"date":"2016-04-04T18:47:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T01:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shannonigans.com\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2016-04-04T18:49:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T01:49:47","slug":"death-valley-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shannonigans.com\/?p=1084","title":{"rendered":"Death Valley 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two friends and I met up in Death Valley for a quick weekend getaway toward the end of the superbloom of 2016. The wildflowers that had blanketed the valley earlier were now confined to higher elevations, but having never visited the park before, I found plenty of beauty. We stayed in Beatty, Nevada, in Casey’s motorhome with Bob the guard cat.<\/p>\n

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Mosaic Canyon trail <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Cottonball Basin Salt Flats <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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A painter and a writer do their thing as the sun sets <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Bob help us plan our day… sort of. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Hells Gate <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Brothel Hot Sauce??? Oh Nevada. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Bob by star light <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes <\/div> <\/div>
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Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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