Day four of my road trip, again, started before sunrise.  I departed Henderson, NV—skirting Las Vegas to the south, then turning northwest to Pahrump.  I crossed the state line, into California, and proceeded to Death Valley Junction.

I went northwest from Death Valley Junction on California 190 toward Furnace Creek.  With the Funeral Mountains on both sides of the road, much like the Grand Canyon, I was struck by the beauty.   The main difference I noticed –comparing Death Valley and the Grand Canyon, was vegetation.

Yet, I was amazed further when I passed The Death Valley Gateway, rounded the bend, and descended from the mountain—there were green trees at Furnace Creek.