Valley of Desolation and Boiling Lake

We left SeaCats home at about 7:30 am Sunday morning along with a boat neighbor Gretchen headed for The Valley of Desolation and Boiling Lake.  We drove up toward the Trois Piton Forest, parked the van and started out on our 20 mile trek.

We walked for what seemed like forever, in and out of rain clouds, and began smelling Sulfur.  At this point we had been going uphill for more than 2.5 hours.  The clouds moved out for awhile and we caught a glimpse of the fumes/steam coming up off Boiling Lake.

 

We continued our Trek and after about another hour we entered the Valley of Desolation.  Steam, fumaroles, Sulphur, sounds of boiling water.  In the background we could also see the steam rising from Boiling Lake.

 

 

 We explored the floor of the valley and were amazed at the different colors, heat and smell.

This is a boiling vent with a coating of sulphur along the sides of the vent.  I took some short video clips while we were in the valley and will try to add them to the blog.  The sounds were incredible!

When all of a sudden appeared out of nowhere "MUD MAN".  He took the women captive, gave them a facial, served us fumarole boiled eggs, then let us go!

Set the Captives Free!

We continued our walk and finally made it to Boiling Lake.  When the wind was not blowing we were in a standing outdoor Sauna. 

 Boiling Lake

The steam and smell were incredible making it very hard to get a picture of the boiling portion of the lake.  I took some short video clips while we were in the valley and will try to add them to the blog.

We are now rested, have most of the mud off of us and our clothes and are on massive doses of Advil!