📍Badwater Basin salt flats, Death Valley National Park, California. The hottest, lowest and driest place in North America. And absolutely otherworldly. #badwaterbasin #deathvalley #californiatravel #nationalparksusa #usaroadtrip #travelcreator #canadiancreator | Fuel For The Sole Travel, Outdoor & Adventure

After extreme storms, Badwater Basin fills with water for nearly six miles, briefly restoring what was once a massive ancient lake. We got up at 2 in the morning and set off by moonlight to kayak across Lake Manly for sunrise — a lake that vanished thousands of years ago and only reappears after rare, historic flooding in Death Valley National Park. The early bird certainly gets the worm here. At sunrise there was no one else out on the water. No crowds. No noise. Just water, salt flats, and sil