Went to this place as well.  Why?  Quiet, isolated, and hot.  Hadn’t been there in 30 years, and had forgotten how beautifully eerie it feels to go hiking below sea level.  Also the desert architecture of bygone times, whether abandoned or still in use.  There’s something fascinating, and very calming, about it all. 

And some of the characters who dwell there, the ones who have maybe been in the desert too long and away form civilization even longer…crazy.  Or quite sane, depending on how you look at it.

 

I love that freaking place, not to mention the chick who went with me.