On day five, we got up a little later in the morning and drove out to the Nevada area to explore Rhyolite, a ghost town in the Bullfrog Hills, about 120 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Before we hit the ghost town, we stopped at Beatty, Nevada, about 4 miles away, for groceries. Beatty is […]
Month: April 2015
Death Valley Day Four Part II: Borax Museum, Harmony Borax Works, & Pupfish
After exploring the Furnace Creek Inn, Ranch and Visitor Center, we made our way over to the Borax Museum, a small, slightly cramped, museum decorated with wall-to-wall antiques and historical items about the Harmony Borax Works (later called the Pacific Borax Company). Entrance to the Borax Museum is free with a $2.50 printed guide available […]