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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Alive 17,427 days

Worst. Fire escape. Ever.

In the event of a fire, proceed quickly and calmly to the emergency exit. Then run uphill over gravel for half a mile in your pajamas.

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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Alive 17,427 days

Darice on a mountain of rocks

Darcie rocks. That is all.

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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Alive 17,427 days

A teahouse on top of a mountain

Darcie: A tea house with a view? Sounds great!

Concierge: Itʼs a one mile hike uphill on gravel.

Me: Whatʼs the number for room service?

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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Alive 17,427 days

The thermal spring pool at the Death Valley Inn

30° air. 105° pool. And thereʼs more minerals in the spring-fed pool than in the rocks they built the hotel with.

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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Alive 17,427 days

The parking lot entrance to the Death Valley Inn

Worst. Hotel. Entrance. Ever. This is why I valet.

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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Alive 17,427 days

The parking lot entrance to the Death Valley Inn

Joe: How do we make our scary underground hotel entrance look less like a portal to hell?

Sam: I got it! Geraniums!

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Friday, January 11th, 2019 Alive 17,426 days

The Death Valley Inn

Sam: Now that the borax mine is tapped out, nobody needs our railroad anymore. What should we do?

Joe: Letʼs build a four-diamond hotel at the end of the line to lure rich people from Los Angeles into the middle of nowhere, then start a big media campaign to convince Congress to make the land around it a national park so people wonʼt be scared to come to a place named Death Valley.

Sam: Sounds good to me!

And thatʼs pretty much what happened.

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Friday, January 11th, 2019 Alive 17,426 days

Darcie being civilized

Darcie spends a quiet evening writing postcards in the hotel library.

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Friday, January 11th, 2019 Alive 17,426 days

Sunset over Death Valley

Evening cocktails overlooking Badwater Basin.

Elevation: -281 feet.

Weather: Overcast, with scattered fighter jets.

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Friday, January 11th, 2019 Alive 17,426 days

A nook in the Death Valley Inn

I shall drink rum and read a Los Angeles Times here.

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