I had arrived the night before at 10 pm. The Alamo Choice Line was completly empty on this late Sunday night, No Compact or Standard SUV at all. Luckily a Ford Explorer came in. I would have liked to drive again the Jeep Grand Cherokee like in the years before. Especially after last years White Rim Drive, I knew the Jeep well. But the Ford Explorer looked not bad neither-and it had different off toad programs, true 4WD, rear cam and thus I took him. I woke up early after\u00a0 a short night, Thus I went to Walmart to buy Ice chest and drinks as well as trail food. Then (it had become a tradition) I went to Bellagio breakfast buffet. Good as always.although they had reduced the choice of dishes. Afterwards I drove with the Ford Explorer behind the Flamingo building to have a look at the brand new Las Vegas High Roller ferris wheel. It had opened just 7 days before. The High Roller is now ranked world biggest ferry wheel, taller than the London Eye and other.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
The brand new Las Vegas High Roller seen from Koval Lane<\/p>\n
Originally I had planned to stay 2 days in Vegas and relax from office, drinking some beers at the Pool. But I had also a Plan B, which was revisting Death Valley. This would be to fight my 2013 trauma where I had a flat tire on in the Death Valley<\/a> on my first trip day. I choose Plan B and left Vegas already after 12 hours, taking Blue Diamond Road (Nevada state route 160) which is a nice scenic drive. Arriving in Death Valley I drove up to Dantes View, where I had been the last time in 2004.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n Dante’s View iinto Death Valley<\/p>\n My major destination where the Mesquite Sand Dunes at Stopevipe Wells. I hadn’t been there before and was thus quite curious. Before driving to the Sand dunes I revisted Bad Water and had a walk on the salt flats. At Furnace Creek I bought a Anual Park Pass for 80 USD. The Furnace Creek Visitor Center thermometer showed already 100\u00b0F (38\u00b0C).<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n Around 5 pm I arrived at the Mesauite Sanddunes where I hiked 3 miles in the dunes and stayed until sunset taking photographs<\/p>\n .<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_4_placeholder\n <\/p>\nRelated Posts:<\/h3>