We left the Malibu RV Park at 11:55 since check out time was noon, otherwise it would have taken us much longer to say good-bye to the Pacific Ocean.

I didn’t even get a chance to put finger and/or toe into the beautiful blue water. But the drive through the mountains and sweet fresh local strawberries were a good alternative. We made it all the way to Death Valley, the colours in the rocks that evening were magnificent. We had a chance to photograph the white Sand Dunes at 42 degrees celsius. We were too late for a big shoot.

We checked in at the Furnace Creek Ranch RV Park, had a great dinner at one of the ranch restaurants and then a moonlight swim at the huge pool, filled with natural spring water right in the hottest desert in the US!

Evening late in the evening it was so hot that the restaurant sprayed waiting guests at the veranda with water mist which dried in seconds. Thanks to air conditioning in the RV we slept well.