Scotty's Castle, Death Valley

We always like to go to Scotty's Castle after a drive through Titus Canyon.  We start early as it takes awhile to go through the canyon.  It is nice to bring a picnic lunch along.  There is a nice grassy area to lay out a blanket and have a picnic at the castle.

Albert Mussey Johnson was the one who actually built this place as a vacation home.  His friend, Walter Scott, who was quite a story teller claimed the place to be his.  Hence the name "Scotty's Castle"

This is in the courtyard where the tour starts.

 This is the living room.  The rock wall at the end is not a fireplace but a humidifier.  Water runs down the rocks into a small pool where it is pumped back up to the top.  I was always fascinated by this as a kid and wanted to have one in my own house some day.  I still don't have one.

Guns were a necessary part of the old west.  There are even holes in the outer walls for shooting out of.

 These curtains are made of leather.  It is amazing that they have held up since the 1930's.  

This is the dining area

One of the bedrooms

The music room is the last part of the tour.

This was a swimming pool, oh my how I would have liked to see it in its glory, and swim in it.

"Moonlight anywhere is a delight.  But there's on moonlight in the world that can compare with the moonlight in Grapevine Canyon, our desert canyon, where the Castle Stands."
-quote by Mrs. Bessie Johnson from Death Valley Scotty by
Mabel ©1932