LA Times Today: Death Valley gleams with water, wildflowers and color
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The name says it all: Death Valley.
Since some unlucky, California gold country-bound travelers got lost in 1849, barely making it out alive, this hottest and driest place in North America has lured the curious with its stark landscape and extreme heat — with a record of 134 degrees set in 1913.
But this year, something is up at Death Valley that we’ve not seen before: colorful California wildflowers and even an impromptu lake.
Travel writer Chris Reynolds took LA Times readers there and shared his trip with Lisa McRee.
Since some unlucky, California gold country-bound travelers got lost in 1849, barely making it out alive, this hottest and driest place in North America has lured the curious with its stark landscape and extreme heat — with a record of 134 degrees set in 1913.
But this year, something is up at Death Valley that we’ve not seen before: colorful California wildflowers and even an impromptu lake.
Travel writer Chris Reynolds took LA Times readers there and shared his trip with Lisa McRee.