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| Front View, photo by Chris De Barros |
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| side view |
Of course your first trip to Death Valley has to include the everyday places to visit like
Scotty's Castle. They have the coolest tours ever.... they are called living history tours, which means the tour guide dresses and speaks like they did back in the 1930's! They have tour starting like every 15 minutes or so on busy days. My personal advice is to use the restroom before leaving on the tour... cause there aren't any restrooms inside and you can't leave and come back.... they have no sympathy!
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| DV Scotty, borrowed Picture |
Everything is as it was from back in the day when Scotty & his benefactor, the millionaire from Chicago, Albert Johnson built, designed and lived in it! Well is was actually somewhat designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Albert was a engineer so he put together a way to create electricity for the house! See picture of tile above!
You have to walk on special rugs so nothing is disturbed by the 100's that trek through it on a weekly basis. The house is filled with unique hand-wrought iron and tile, custom-made furniture, hand-selected tapestries and European antiques. I really liked all the wrought iron.
