Mental Health Break
I’ve just returned from Death Valley, where I went to decompress a bit after a particularly rough writing week. There’s something about the landscape there that resonates with me—it’s topographically diverse and incredibly peaceful. If you stand still for a moment, you can hear complete silence. Here is a picture of Titus Canyon early in the morning.
![titus](https://lailalalami.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/titus.jpg)
Farther down the trail in Titus Canyon:
![titus21](https://lailalalami.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/titus21.jpg)
Then there are the salt flats at Badwater Basin:
![badwaterbasin](https://lailalalami.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/badwaterbasin.jpg)
A cottonwood tree in Grapevine Canyon:
![cottonwoodtree](https://lailalalami.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cottonwoodtree.jpg)
Ubehebe Crater:
![ubehebe](https://lailalalami.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ubehebe.jpg)
And, lastly, Mustard Canyon:
![mustardcanyon](https://lailalalami.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mustardcanyon.jpg)