{"id":198,"date":"2010-01-01T23:24:29","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T06:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/?p=198"},"modified":"2013-11-24T15:21:57","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T22:21:57","slug":"death-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/2010\/01\/01\/death-valley","title":{"rendered":"Death Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Alicia and I got the great idea to visit Death Valley for the holidays. Seemed like the perfect time to visit the lowest, driest and hottest place in the US.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8341.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-200\" alt=\"IMG_8341\" src=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8341-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8341-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8341-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We thought it would be warmer than home during the day but nowhere near the scorching 120F of the summer days. And we were right!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8309.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-199\" alt=\"IMG_8309\" src=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8309-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8309-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8309-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">People told us it would be cold at night but we thought it should be manageable and even maybe enjoyable. And we were wrong!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8418.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-201\" alt=\"IMG_8418\" src=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8418-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8418-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8418-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Still, we enjoyed many of the sights and we had a great time exploring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8435.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-203\" alt=\"IMG_8435\" src=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8435-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8435-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_8435-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Definitely worth another trip. Maybe during the late Spring or early Fall though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alicia and I got the great idea to visit Death Valley for the holidays. Seemed like the perfect time to visit the lowest, driest and hottest place in the US. 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