People are swimming and kayaking in the driest place in the US right now — thanks to heavy winter rains

People are swimming and kayaking in the driest place in the US right now — thanks to heavy winter rains

Death Valley is alive and well. During a normal year, tourists stream into the sun-scorched Badwater Basin area of Southern California’s Death Valley National Park to see what it feels like to be at the lowest point in North America. The answer is that it’s hot, very hot, sometimes hotter than anyplace else on earth. Sinking … Read more