Sarah and I spent almost ten weeks in and around Death Valley this winter in our trailer. Our first trip was a quick (for us) week-long visit in December to see the ephemeral Lake Manly before it evaporated. We followed that up with a longer eight-week trip starting in late January, during which our “ephemeral” lake refilled with several atmospheric river events in California. The winter weather was wet, providing many opportunities (lakes, wildflowers, and even fog), but it also closed the roads to many of the park’s further reaches.
I have processed almost 250 photographs from these two trips. Some of them will never see the light of day (and shouldn’t!), while others, including many favorites, are being held back for a secret future project. I have decided to share 45 of them across three blog posts, of which this is the first. The next post will focus on the aforementioned ephemeral lake, and the third and final post will be about rocks (but cool ones).
For this first post, I have included a random assortment of big and small scenes that showcase some of the diversity one can expect in this incredible park.
