Death Valley National Park has a hiking challenge where you earn a certain number of points for each hike that you do.  To complete the challenge and earn a “Hike Death Valley” decal you need a total of four points or more.  Our first hike towards the challenge, Golden Canyon, was where part of Star Wars was filmed.  This hike, which we combined with the badlands loop for a total of three points, took us through a spectacular canyon that  did seem almost golden in the sun.  Our second and last hike towards the challenge took us to Desolation Canyon, where we scaled two dry waterfalls and saw this exceptionally large scorpion!

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