China Ranch Date Farm

This is one of our favorite places and a trip to Death Valley is never complete without taking a drive to get a date shake! 

 

The girls enjoy the surroundings while Corky and Ed digest their date shake.

 

Here's a better view with their smiling faces!

 

This year even the date trees near the gift shop were "dressed."

 

The dates are covered each year to keep the birds from eating them.  We love to drive through the date grove and see the different materials used to cover the huge clumps of dates.

 

This bunch  of dates was dressed in men's pajamas!  I laughed so hard when I saw this.  Don't ya just love the dates coming out of the sleeves?

 

Just a lovely day at China Ranch....