“When we stepped outside to get ready for bed in the cottage’s bathroom, a stone’s throw from the tepee and shared with other guests, we realized what the canines’ fuss was about. It was the new moon and a milky fan of shockingly bright stars hung in the desert sky. The coyotes had been celebrating.”  In the Los Angeles Times,  Jessica Gelt writes about her tour of Death Valley desert towns, including a stay in a tepee on the grounds of China Ranch, a date farm in the tiny town of Tecopa just outside the Park.