We spent the next two days driving through the Sierra Nevada mountains and Death Valley. Death Valley is basically just a mad big salty desert with almost nothing living in it. The highest temperature ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere occurred here : 57 degrees Celcius in the shade! (Apparently the World Record is 58 degrees).
Thankfully, being March, it was a good bit cooler...but still reached 25-30C (our first bit of real sunshine on this trip so far). It also has the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere at 282ft (85m) below sea level. Some spectacular scenery along the way....including some "dry lakes" i.e. lakes which have now completely evaporated leaving only a residue of salt on the ground (like in the photo left).The ground temperature is 50% hotter than the air temperature.
It gets so hot, you could fry an egg on the surface....or so they say.
really enjoying ur blog i look it up every nite thats some size of a camper van if u call it that keep it up take care 2 next time u 2 xx
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