@Nathan6692 23 February 2021 more from that month

Death Valley National Park and Desolation Canyon, California Like something straight out of Star Wars, the arid 3.4 million acre desert Death Valley – one of the driest national parks – is yours for roaming. Summer heat is to be taken seriously here, where isolation and empty water bottles can quickly spiral into a scary, and possibly fatal, scenario. Be extremely careful when venturing out, and pack more water than you think you’ll need. Close to the visitors center, near Badwater Basin, is Desolation Canyon. Along with the accurately named Artist’s Palette (a multi-coloured volcanic sediment hill), the canyon was in fact the stage of several scenes from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Using carved out steps in the rock and sliding through narrow bends, you can explore the desolate and lifeless canyon and see if you can spot a Bantha. Don’t miss The Racetrack, where rocks slowly meander across the lakebed thanks to thin layers of ice forming, and then melting, leaving their tracks behind them. To witness the relief of the dried-out Lake Manly that formed the badland ridges on the desert floor, head to Zabriskie Point, also stage to the eponymous film. Death Valley > Los Angeles: 292 mi #info #EverythingsInfo