Day 4 - Early Morning Euphoria, Death Valley Downs
If these pictures above are any evidence, early in the morning we felt a little euphoric. That might explain the two pictures above with their slightly whimsical framing and our goofy smiles. We’d just managed to go four days into our trip without any major problem, and, as if in response to the seriousness of visiting Manzanar the day before, something switched on and seemed to say — okay now, relax a little and enjoy the beauty around you.
That said, an hour or two later, we got lost, missed the turnoff into Death Valley National Park by something like three miles, and the pictures of us on the edge of Death Valley proper reveal that we came off our early morning highs. (See below for priceless neutral/grumpy expressions).
