Giant sequoia tress & death-valley

After leaving yosemite NP we were unable to take the route we were suppose to take as it was snowed over so we took another route. We went for walk to view some giant sequoia trees ! And they were huge...

....and pretty beautiful :)

The walk was around 1hr 30mins round trip and it was freezing, we really hadnt acclimatised to this weather ! We enjoyed seeing the trees but being cold is no fun! We begun to head to the next stop over for the night, i cannot remember what it was called all i remember is it being so windy that trying to put the tents up in that wind was practically impossible! And the wind also just made it even colder! I was really struggling at that moment with the cold i was shivering from head to toe and was really doubting the decision we made to camp! Its like being so cold you just dont know what to do with yourself! And because you are constantly in the cold you never truly warm up! It was our groups turn to cook dinner that night and we had a handfull of pasta and a spoonful of salad! Not our choice! And then we showered and i litrally put on as many layers as i could and got in my sleeping bag and made the decision that i was not going to get out of it until the morning! And it was only 8pm!! Luke made me a cup of tea and put hot water in one of our water bladders for a hot water bottle! I was soooo not impressed with this weather ! however we got a bit of sleep and the next day it was still cold but the wind had dropped! So we packed up and left. Today our journey would take us to death valley....

When we arrived it was bloody hot ! Just cant win! But i still couldnt get warm! Death valley was one of the hottest places in the world and very very dry! It had some great views we had a nice drive to the visiter center and we stopped at some sand dunes....

....the biggest sand dunes we had ever seen 

We had a picnic at the visiter center and then we were driven to a few spots for pics. We went to a point below sea level which was in the middle of the desert!....

We then went onto a site that had some very beautiful rock formations, it seems amazing that nature created things so beautifully! We got some good pics here aswell....

Although this blog post is relatively short it was a Very busy couple of days with a lot of time spent in the van ! But its ok as now we are off to vegas where there will be a lovely bed for us to sleep in and some warmth! We cannot wait.