I'm not joining you guys, as I'll be firmly planted at Saline Valley Hot Springs. But a word of advice to any of the Death Valley first timers (if any actually exist), bring tire chains or cables. Even if you have 4wd, the higher elevation roads in DV can be steep and heavily iced. I do a few trips a year in and out of Saline. At least once a year I have to chain up, sometimes front and rear axles, if I want to leave North or South Pass. And while I imagine you guys will end up in Saline, the warm pools enticing you in, if you don't have chains you may be staying for an extended vacation or you'll have to leave by Steele Pass or Lippincott Road.
Pics below are from Death Valley on a not unusual New Years trip: