Road Trip - Days 8 and 9

Sorry about yesterday, but we were in the depths of Death Valley where there is no signal for computer, phone or so on. Therefore no downloading pictures or posting any blogs.We left Los Angeles and headed up to "Lone Pine" to visit the Manzanar national park site 

This is one of the barracks in which the Japanese were to live in (Go to third photo to see why)

 This building was the school for the Japanese children. Teachers volunteered to come up and teach them.

 This tells the story of why.

 Here is the look at what greeted them when they arrived.

 The compound, holding 19,000, was surrounded by a fence and guard stations

 One of the gardens they were allowed to build and maintain

   There were several artifacts in the display case...                                
                                     

One of the funeral services held at Manzanar

 This is the monument mentioned above...it was a very solemn place to remember those left there. All but 6 of the bodies were removed to a family location by this time.

 One of the statements they made was "They told us this was for our protection, yet the guns were pointed towards us."

 After a solemn afternoon we proceeded back to Lone Pine for dinner, passing this place...a branch of Lloyds of London????

 and ate across from the....

 Then we headed down, down, down into Death Valley where we spent the night in a tent....yes, I said a tent! Slept on a COT!

 We were greeted by a bright sun and headed to breakfast

 and found the restaurant near the cabins which we COULD have rented instead of a TENT!

 Our view from the restaurant...had a breakfast buffet, saw a Roadrunner but left the camera in the car.

 We ventured across the valley to this lovely place, got some souveniers and...

 Went up to the Mosaic (sp) trail...here we go

 It looks like the trail is a waterway between the mountain peaks in rainy times...do they have rain in Death Valley????

 It is a 2 mile hike up through the canyon, but wow! the colors and formations are phenomenal.

 Heading back to the parking lot.

 Then drove to "artists pallet" 3 mile drive...the colors in the rocks are unbelievable.

 A view down into the valley

 Stopped at Furnace Creek for lunch...105 degrees and 100 ft below sea level

 From there we headed to Las Vegas to see Jack and Lynn Lowery for a delicious BBQ dinner and go to church with them in the morning...yes, they do have some great churches in Las Vegas.
We did wonder though, as this was the first sign we saw as we entered Nevada.