valley by the end of the night, we had to drive for seven more hours... But there is no way in hell that we could leave the park without paying our respect to the general Sherman, the largest tree in the world, 36 feet (11 meter) wide!!! And what is better than an amazing sunset to hit the road again a couple of hours later while listening to Zebda... Nous on est chez nous... We finally made it to Death Valley by the middle of the night (we are now experts in pitching a tent after midnight) and after a short night and a quick shower in the river (which was fuckin* cold, how come? it was 95F outside, and this water was not more than 60
F !) we drove down into the valley. And guess what, it is hot as hell in there!!! But not hot enough for us to use the AC, it would be too easy! Death Valley is really extreme and because the temperature is changing a lot the nature is totally fucked up! The landscape totally changes within a couple of miles, from sand dunes to red rocks covered by a layer of salt... Since everyone else was staying in their cars and driving thru, with the windows closed and the AC on, we decided that we would show them that they had nothing to fear and went for a run in the middle of the desert, with a temperature of 120 F (49 C). That was a stupid idea, but we made it! 
Then, we tried to find a campground but apparently it is two hot to sleep outside, and all the campsites were closed, so we had to move out of the valley, in a tiny town pretty close to Ryolite, this former mine camp which is now a Ghost Town, yeah!!! So after diner, helped by the full moon, we decided to go explore this ghost town.
Mad Wax was wetting his pants (that's what happens when you see too many horror movies!) and to be honest it was kinda creepy. After a couple of beers, we finally got back and got some rest... the next couple of days was gonna be really crazy!!
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