This morning was colder than the previous morning. In fact, there was a tiny bit of ice on the puddles.

We headed out of town, stopping at Rhyolite. It's so close to Beatty that the bike engines had hardly warmed up. Rhyolite reminded Ted of how cool Garnet, Montana is- Garnet has mostly-furnished buildings and abandoned items, where Rhyolite just has the structures remaining.

Our next stop was Mosaic Canyon. We weren't equipped for a long hike, but we went a ways into the canyon. Slot canyons are so cool! Ted spent a substantial part of the time climbing the steep canyon walls for some reason.

We rode over to Zabriskie Point, which is sort of a small version of South Dakota's Badlands. (see Ted's pictures in the Badlands)

Much of Death Valley was closed because of recent rain and flood damage. We were able to ride Artists Drive, though. There are a lot of mineral colors in a very short distance. The road is one-way, which made it feel like a go-kart track.

Obviously, we had to stop at Badwater, one of the lowest places in the world. There isn't much to see or do, but it is weird to think about being below sea level.

No adventure is complete without a few things going wrong. The second event of the trip involved repairing Ted's well-worn rear tire. There were two holes next to each other, and each hole needed two plugs. A few other plugs were lost in the process, but four plugs finally held.

While stopped for the tire repair, a curious coyote checked us out. It was close enough to easily take pictures.

After fixing the flat tire, we rode back to LA by way of Shoshone (home of $4.39 gas, most expensive of the whole trip) and Baker. In Baker we stopped for dinner at The Mad Greek. Either we were hungry, or the food was damn good. Considering how long the Mad Greek has been a Baker institution, it could very well be the latter. Being the only Greek food on a well-traveled corridor is also a brilliant business/marketing move.