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The Wandering Ninjas Just another family traveling the US in an RV 😎 2800 sq ft to about 400 🤯

10/12/2025

Death Valley isn’t supposed to have water… but after record rain, Lake Manly came back in 2023— something that happens maybe twice a decade. We have seen it with and without the lake (dry salt flats). Have you seen it?

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10/12/2025

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⏰ You guys…the next park on our National Park Series left us with memories and stories for days. It’s one of the least v...
03/09/2024

⏰ You guys…the next park on our National Park Series left us with memories and stories for days. It’s one of the least visited too!

🏞️ Great Basin National Park

🤯Baker Nevada has a population of…wait for it…between 30 and 50 people!!! I think there is one general store, one restaurant and not much else to do! Plan accordingly!

😔To access Baker, you’ll drive on “The Loneliest Road in America” (US Route 50).

🌳 We were excited to knock a cool statistic off of our list and visit the OLDEST trees in the United States. The Bristlecone Pines, which have a lifespan of over 5,000 years, live here! Sadly, snow in this park stays packed for much of the year at high elevations and even at the end of May, we couldn’t access the glacier or pine trees we wanted to see 😢 rangers suggested July or August for visits to see that! We made sure to snap a pic with the Bristlecone replicas at the visitor center!

🥾Where we hiked:
Hikes were limited due to snow, so we chose:
⛰️ Pole Canyon .86 miles (we turned around early)
💧 Baker Creek/Timber Creek 1.2 miles
🦇 Lehman Cave Tour

📝 This park had beautiful wooded trails, amazing rushing creeks and rivers, snow-capped Mountain views and an awesome visitor center. Due to the snow, we missed the parts of the park we wanted to see. Go in the late summer months and let me know how you liked it! I’d love to know what you thought!

🤔 Have you been here? Would you drive the loneliest road in America to get there? 🤔

🏞️Next up on our National Park Series is DEATH VALLEY!!! 🙅🏻‍♀️I’ve said it before that I refuse to rate my national park...
02/22/2024

🏞️Next up on our National Park Series is DEATH VALLEY!!!

🙅🏻‍♀️I’ve said it before that I refuse to rate my national parks but if I was forced to, Death Valley would be up there!

⛺️Where we stayed:
We’ve visited Death Valley twice so far and have stayed at both campgrounds Furnace Creek and Stovepipe Wells. Check websites for info as some sites are first come first served. Stovepipe Wells has a pool!

🌟 Highlight: Badwater Basin is the lowest, driest and hottest point in the United States at -282 feet elevation. In 1913, the hottest temperature ever recorded was 134 degrees!

🤯 Currently, Badwater Basin is filled with water, creating a RARE OCCURRENCE called Lake Manly. This lake only reappears every decade or so due to rare heavy rainfall. We were lucky enough to see it with AND without the lake since we visited twice this year.

🏬 There are general stores, restaurants, gift shops and visitor centers and even a hotel 🏨

🥾Where we hiked:

🔴Natural Bridge Canyon .6, 233 elev
🔵Badwater Basin 1.84, no elev gain (this probably counted all our steps exploring once we got out there too!)
⚫️Golden Canyon to Red Cathedral 3.04, 515 elev (this can be a longer hike but we chose to stop at the “cathedral”)

🗺️Where we stopped:

🔴Devil’s Golf Course, pic 8
⚫️Dante’s View (great daytime or sunset)
🔵Zabriskie’s Point (go at sunset 👌🏽) pic #2
⚪️Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes (also🔥sunset) if you want to sled on the sand dunes make sure to wax up your sled!
🔴Artists Drive
⚫️Artists Palette (added the teeniest bit of vibrancy to the photos to show what I saw vs how the photo came out. The colors are BRIGHT in person)
🔵Twenty Mule Team Canyon drive

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Death Valley National Park
Furnace Creek, CA
92328

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