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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 10:59 PM
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Life in Death Valley
Check out the slide show!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7182113/
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 11:02 PM
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1. Neat! Thanks for posting that.
The flowers are so beautiful! :)
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 11:45 PM
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3. Here are some more...
http://flickr.com/photos/deva_death_valley/sets/135435/
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 11:06 PM
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2. I love the desert
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 11:46 PM
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4. They say this is a once-in-a-lifetime display for DV
I've always wanted to see the desert in bloom!
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Billy Ruffian Donating Member (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 11:49 PM
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5. Neat!
I love Death Valley.

I've been there three times, and would like to go back.

We're going to Glacier Nat'l Park this summer, though.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 12:06 AM
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6. Good idea...
before it melts! :)
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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 12:11 AM
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7. Those are awesome
I remember driving through Death Valley at midnight in the middle of summer. It was still unbearably hot. We had the air con on and I put my hand up to the inside glass of the windshield and it was extremely hot. We pulled into the campground and people were sleeping on top of their cars and on top of picnic tables, anywhere they thought they could keep cooler. We just threw a blanket and our sleeping bags out on the ground and slept there. I was terrified of getting stung by a scorpion.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 12:27 AM
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8. Wow!
That must've been a primal experience!
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tyedyeto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 12:34 AM
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9. One of my best friend's brother was a highway patrolman in...
Death Valley.

He used to carry a 'blue-ice' type vest in a cooler in his car in the summer. When he had to get out of the car, he'd put it on so he wouldn't get over-heated.

Damn, it gets hot there!!!!!!!!!!
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:35 AM
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10. I wonder how long they stay cool?
That's gotta be a rough gig! I'll bet half his job is rescuing people whose cars have broken down in the desert.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:38 AM
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11. That's amazing.
Boom. An ecosystem is born.
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:39 AM
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12. Shhh! Before everybody knows. I'm still hoping to go & since it's raining
it might not be crowded on Sunday. It's about 2 1/2 hours eastish from me.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 01:14 AM
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13. Take pics and post them!
I'd love to see it!
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