Independence to Death Valley

The internet connection is awfully slow, so not many pictures today. We'll post them another night.

After breakfast at our hotel, we visited a small lake in Independence and wandered around uneventfully. Then, we checked out the Eastern California Museum which had a variety of disconnected collections - Native American baskets, photos of Manzanar, old medical equipment, an exhibit on a climber from the 1920s, ancient guns, farming equiment etc. We visited the site of Manzanar Internment Camp which was heartbreaking. Once into Death Valley, we visited the Darwin Falls a luscious, green walk (with water) in the midst of a desert. Dispersed camping is permitted in DV, so we found a site en route to tomorrow's hike, more than 2 miles from our closest neighbors - should be a pleasant night's stay.