where the sun shines

Amanda and I are away for a few days, visiting some national parks and generally getting away from it all. Death Valley National Park is a beautiful, awe inspiring place. Austere, stark but riveting at the same time. We have been having a great couple of days soaking it all in. Catching sunset at Dante's peak, sunrise out in the sand dunes, hiking through canyons in the hottest part of the day (only about 100F just now, well shy of the summer 130F's) Then we watched sunrise last night at Badwater - the lowest point in the western hemisphere. Amanda took this shot of me this evening out on the salt flats. Not a bad way to spend a weekend...