January 30, 2007 Fortsat fra sidste side ~ Continued from last page Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Scotty's Castle, Death Valley, Inyo County, California Scotty's Castle is located in the northern end of Death Valley in Inyo County, California   Vi kørte tværs gennem Death Valley til Scotty's Castle. Scotty's Castle er bygget i 1927 af Walter "Death Valley Scotty" Scott og hans gode ven, Chicago millionær Albert Johnson. Scotty mødte Johnson, da han søgte - og fandt - millionærer til at investere i hans mere eller mindre fiktive guldmine i Death Valley. Da der ikke blev udbytte af investeringen, tog Johnson til Death Valley for at se Scotty efter i sømmene, og han opdagede til sin overraskelse at klimaet i Death Valley var lige det, der skulle til for at rette op på hans skrantende helbred. Johnson og Scotty blev bedste venner, og Scotty levede stort set af vennens rundhåndethed resten af sine dage. Huset var i virkeligheden beboelse for Hr. og Fru Johnson, men Scotty, som havde sin daglige gang der og oftede pralede med, at det var hans, havde et lille hus ikke langt derfra. We drove through Death Valley to Scotty's Castle. Scotty's Castle was built in 1927 by Walter "Death Valley Scotty" Scott and his good friend, Chicago millionaire Albert Johnson. Scotty met Johnson, when he sought - and found - millionaire investors for his more or less ficticious gold mine in Death Valley. When there was no return on his investments, Johnson traveled to Death Valley to check Scotty out personally, and he discovered to his surprise that the climate in Death Valley was exactly what he needed to improve his failing health. Johnson and Scotty became great friends, and Scotty lived largely off the generousity of his friend the rest of his life. The house was the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, but Scotty, who came and went as he pleased and often bragged that the house was his, lived in a small house near by.

I en dal ved siden af slottet ligger gamle jernbanesveller, fra den gamle Tonopah og Tidewater Jernbane. Træet skulle bruges som brænde i husets fjorten pejse, og skønnedes allerede dengang at kunne række til ind i det 21. århundrede. In a valley next to the castle lie piles of old railroad ties from the former Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad. The timber was intended for use as fuel in the castle's fourteen fireplaces, and was already then estimated to be sufficient to last into the 21. century.    Vi gik op ad bjerget bag huset til Scotty's grav ~ We went up the mountain behind the villa to Scotty's grave     Kan I se Owen og Lance? ~ Can you see Owen and Lance?

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