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Show Herb Ringers Trip Across the;.. AMERICAN WEST . . y ft ; : : . : ; j ss.4 . i v J , K ' ' f w i j ; : : :: "JEvcryonc entering the Death Valley is required to check in. stating certain facts for the record. The date of entry, hour, number in party, etc. are required. These records are consulted regularly and any car or occupants overdue are immediately searched for until found, thus an accurate check is maintained to prevent people from becoming lost or injured due to exposure." "At Stovepipe Wells I bought gas. Two CCC Boys(Civilian Conservation Corps) asked me if I would take them across the valley. Naturally I took them alongJThe heat was terrific as we walked across broken ground to massive sand dunes spreading across many square miles of country." A ghost town in Death Valley "Not many people in the valley right now as its sear the end of the season and the tourists know of the intense heat that begins in May. I drove south to the CCC camp and the boys showed me their quarters. The entire camp had gone on a picnic this particular Sunday. One of the boys stayed at camp while the other drove with me to Furnace Creek. He told me that a goodly number of the fellows walk the four miles from camp to Furnace Creek to the movies. Of course the heat is too intense for walking in thedaytime, so the boys walk over at night and they told me that walking under the stars through the desert is an experience not soo forgotten." The Furnace Creek Inn The valley surrounding the eamp is "Spent some time here at the ranch. bushes and some mesquite. The ranch thickly covered with wild thorny rose itself is huge, comprising a fine date ranch and an Indian settlement west of the ranch where a trading post is located. A good gas station is here together with a store, curio shop, and a large number of cabins. The temperature read 78 degrees when I turned in and stayed at that temperature all night. The light in the beacon above Furnace Creek Inn shown through the night and several times I awakened, each time to gaze out at the sleeping camp and the peaceful scene before me. For yean I had awaited these precious moments in Death Valley and I truly enjoyed the few houn stay in this beautiful spot." NEXT ISSUEWere not sure where Herb's healed next |
