I did this ride with my cycling friend Valerie, who's from New Jersey. These pix were taken by her using a digital camera and by me using film and, for a couple of them, a cell phone camera. We were supposed to ride the nothern route up to Scotty's Castle and back but there was a VIP in the park (Laura Bush), so the 300 of us had to ride the southern route instead. The temperature was in the very tolerable mid-70s.
Valerie's account of the ride for her club newsletter.
Coming into Death Valley via Beatty after a 950 mile drive from Monument, CO.
The bike is in the car and all my gear is in the box on top. The Subaru is a terrific road car.
Sun on the west side of the valley as the ride begins.
Valerie and her awesome Trek 5000.
Taking a break at Badwater on the first leg; I was riding the Dahon Allegro.
This is what Death Valley looks like most of the time.
Flowers, desert, water, & mountains. The lowest part of the valley is a lake this time of year.
Lunch at Badwater, 282 feet below sea level.
Nearing the end of the ride at Furnace Creek.
Valerie coming in a the end of the ride.
Scotty's Castle, which is the turn-around on the northern century route.
Sand dunes near Stovepipe Wells.
A sandstorm near the northern 200 mile route.
On US-6 in the basin & range of Nevada.
US-50 near the Nevada-Utah border.
