Remember the old shoe, Death Valley Days? It was an old western show about the wagon trains the attempted to cross the Death Valley. 
It was interesting to see how much trouble it was to get across. If it wasn’t the heat or lack of water the Indians would attack for no good reason. Circling the wagons was the order of the day. I did not like driving my air conditioned motor home across that God forsaken land. I cant imagine the guts it took to cross in a covered wagon. The employees of the Arthur Falcone Group enjoyed their company picnic in the Death Valley.