Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, CA. Drayke needs some shades.

The sign says it all.

Chans won our pool as to guessing the temperature when we reached the Visitor Center. 105 degrees. According to the news, it reached 117 later that day.

Through the plate glass window at the Lone Pine Visitor Center. Mt. Whitney is the peak in between Kirby and Chans' heads (just above the reflection from the flash). 14,494 ft. Highest point in the continental U.S after just having visited the lowest point 2 hours earlier.

A cross section of the LA aqueduct that transports water from the Owen's Valley to the LA basin. There are actually two pipes this large carrying water to all those thirsty people.

Tufas on Mono Lake's south shore. They are formed from fresh water springs bubbling up into the salt and soda primed waters of Mono Lake-landlocked like the GSL.

Chans, Kirby and Drayk hassling the akaline flies that cover the shores of Mono Lake. The water is slick and tastes very bad.

Looking westward toward the Sierra Nevada range. Our vehicle broke down shortly after this picture was taken.

The great folks of Lee Vining Towing made special arrangments to take us to Fresno to get the fan blades, radiator, and related parts replaced. They were very kind and made our trip much better than it could have been.

Climbing Tioga Pass behind the tow truck. Much easier to take pictures this way but couldn't stop as much as I wanted-never-except once to empty our bladders!

The aromatic smell of diesel fuel being shifted into 2nd gear.

Tenaya Lake near the top of Tioga Pass.

The entrance to Yosemite National Park from a tow trailer.

And the sign telling the elevation of Tioga Pass from the same tow trailer.

A solid granite rock near Tuolumne Meadows.