After spending several days visiting with Brian's east-coast parents in Las Vegas, we were really craving something other than city lights and smoke-filled casinos... so we headed to Death Valley to get away from it all...
We rode up to Dante's Peak - but didn't have the camera there. Here we are at Zabriski Point, just a few miles from Furnace Creek.
The next day we rode the Artist's Drive. The turn-off is about 7 miles before Badwater. The views are spectacular, and the road on the descent has been newly paved!
Here's our rolling home away from home: