Leaving Las Vegas

[zoom-zoom]

Zoom-Zoom- Death Valley intrigued me because I can't imagine making a special vacation just to go there but it is an interesting part of the country. What would you suggest seeing?

We stopped at Zabriskie Point, then had lunch at the Furnace Creek Ranch (not the Inn--we don't have that kind of coin). After that we drove through Artists' Drive/Palette, stopped and walked around in Badwater, then to Jubilee Pass and made our way back to Vegas via Shoshone. It was a wonderful, relaxed day. DH wanted to show me the route that he and the JDRF Ride to Cure team take when they do the ride in Death Valley.

[Tuckervill]

I LOVE petroglyphs. Do that! For me.

Karen

[Flybye]

Zion National park is stunning. We went last year. Amazing.

[Pedal Wench]

Can I change my vote? Zion should be saved for when you can actually do some exploring and hiking. Death Valley is great because it's a good one to see from the car with short hikes (like out onto the dunes and out to the Badwater area) to fill the day. Yeah, changing my vote to Death Valley.

[Aggie_Ama]

I am thinking Death Valley for the reason you mentioned Pedal or Valley of Fire. Zion sounds gorgeous but when we went to Muir Woods we didn't allow enough time and two years later we still talk about how big of a bummer that was.