Following Highway 190 we climbed from Death Valley Junction over Funeral Mountains and swept down, past Zabriskie Point with its views of Death Valley and reached Furnace Creek at a bout lunchtime, there we joined the couple of hundred others who had already arrived at Sunset Campground, set ourselves up with a great view up Death Valley and of telescope Peak (11049ft) to the South West of us. We are not here just for the views of Death Valley, but also for a festival in the desert, it is called the 49ers Encampment (one assumes after the gold rush 49ers). It is an annual festival celebrating Death Valley through art and music and basically having a good time, which is what we hope to have.
After a relax we visited the Visitor Center to orientate ourselves and picked up some ideas for sightseeing trips. The in the evening we took our chairs to watch a sort of concert, just local RV’ers setting up and playing mostly Western/bluegrass/country music under the awning of a Fifth Wheeler, but with a crowd of a hundred or so watching. It was warm, the full moon rose in the East behind us and it was a great atmosphere.
We ware finally back here at Death Valley and everything is peaceful and OK.
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