ROCKWOOD WEST GOES TO DEATH VALLEYWe had seven member coaches including Gerry and Linda Chetelat, Russ and Pat Himmer, Dennis and Paulette Kotan, Mac and Nita McAfee, Greg and Debbie Murrell, Steven and MaryLee Smith and Rich and Linda Strobel plus a guest coach with Bob and Linda Karr.
We were parked at Sunset Campground from Wednesday, March 2nd through Monday, March 7th. The weather was perfect, nice warm days and pleasant evenings, cool enough for a fire.
On our first full day within the national park we drove to Echo Canyon. As we were heading towards the dirt road we all noticed a California Highway Patrol car traveling in the opposite direction. No one was concerned until the car turned around and the officer put the lights on. The officer pulled up behind Dennis and turned onto the dirt road. The officer said he pulled him over because Steve, sitting in the passenger front seat, did not have his seatbelt fastened. Steve was wearing his seatbelt and the officer stood at the front of the car and said he couldn't see the seatbelt because it looked like the same color as his shirt. Anyway, no one got a ticket and we were able to continue on the road through Echo Canyon to the Inyo Mine. There are several abandoned buildings and everyone walked around exploring the area.
This is one of the buildings remaining at the Inyo Mine.
On our first full day within the national park we drove to Echo Canyon. As we were heading towards the dirt road we all noticed a California Highway Patrol car traveling in the opposite direction. No one was concerned until the car turned around and the officer put the lights on. The officer pulled up behind Dennis and turned onto the dirt road. The officer said he pulled him over because Steve, sitting in the passenger front seat, did not have his seatbelt fastened. Steve was wearing his seatbelt and the officer stood at the front of the car and said he couldn't see the seatbelt because it looked like the same color as his shirt. Anyway, no one got a ticket and we were able to continue on the road through Echo Canyon to the Inyo Mine. There are several abandoned buildings and everyone walked around exploring the area. 
This is one of the buildings remaining at the Inyo Mine.After exploring the area we got back into the cars and continued on our way to Dante's View for an incredible view of the area. There was snow on the mountains in the distance but we were all nice and warm.
A nice group picture at Dante's View.There was so much to see and do in Death Valley I am splitting the blog into several sections to add as many pictures as possible. Thanks to Dennis, Rich and Greg for providing pictures of our adventures.
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