Southern California Club Xterra
Southern California Club Xterra => SCCX Xcursion Pictures => Topic started by: chrishaynesusa on March 19, 2015, 09:10:43 PM
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Death/Saline Valley/RaceTrack/Lippincott Mine Road 7-11 November 2015
Danny Grooters has agreed to lead this trail
he's kindaofa big deal......
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b562/chrishaynesusa/Miscellaneous%20XI/DeathValleySalineValley%20Trip_zpsohcjbgey.jpg)
In the fall.
will not require to much in the way of tricked out rig gear but will need gas and water and food/booze to complete this 200 mile loop.
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b562/chrishaynesusa/MISC_VI/Misc%20VII/DeathValleyTrip_zpscfe03171.jpg)
http://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/upload/DEVAmap1a.pdf (http://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/upload/DEVAmap1a.pdf)
This is a better detail government map http://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/upload/Backcountry%20Roads-2.pdf (http://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/upload/Backcountry%20Roads-2.pdf)
A,B,C,D to get into saline Valley
F,G Lippincott Mine Road to the Race Track
G,H,I,J,K Eureka Dunes (overnight)
Q to E Steel Pass to Saline Valley Hot springs (overnight) could not get google to make a pretty complete loop.
meeting at the south entrance at Panamint springs on Saturday the 7th (depart from Panamint springs resort at 9 am)
Wednesday is a holiday(veterans) and participants can take Monday and Tuesday off. drive up Friday after work.
UPDATE:... Capped at 14 rigs total.
Please declare IN and be counted. after the cap is reached interested drivers can go on wait-list in case there is a cancellation.
there is a Death valley park limit of 12 rigs per 4x4 group so what I will do is to make two group stickers to affix to your rigs declaring one group or the other.
I was going to break into two colors.
DRIVERS
1. Danny Grooters Trail Leader....Ham
2. chrishayesusa........................Ham
3. SHIFT_X steve c ................... Ham
4. JFanaselle............................. Ham
5. Mr Bills (Robert Bills).............. Ham
6. Sage Bromax......................... Ham
7. Motorpig77............................ Ham
8. Mark1107 Mark & Nia............. (will have tech ticket by November)
9. TurtleX.................................. Ham
10 "GeoYota" John & Daphne ...... Ham
11 CKayaks.............................. Able to monitor
12 snelltaylor............................. Ham
13 knightrider............................ Ham
14 PainRoller Mike and Barb......... Ham & Ham
PANAMINT SPRINGS .....MEET AND START.... GAS...
SALINE VALLEY ROAD: A flat and washboarded 45.9 mile road connecting the Saline Valley sand dunes to paved Highway 190 to the south, crossing South Pass enroute
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Is everyone still in?
lets update this in case there is a cancellation and we can get a wait-listed person/group/family on the list.
Cheers
I'm still in.
Great!,
The reservation site for Panamint springs is open at this time.
everyone should make reservations if they wish now.
meeting at the at Panamint springs on Saturday the 7th (depart from Panamint springs resort at 9 am)
turn off road / air down at south entrance(hiway 190 and Saline valley road)
....This could be a meeting point for late comers (make sure you have radios)
Wednesday(the 11th) is a holiday(veterans) and participants can take Monday and Tuesday off. drive up Friday(nov 6th) after work.
They offer motel rooms, tent camping and rv camping with restrooms and showers.
prices area reasonable.
We meet Saturday morning here and some will drive in on Saturday morning,
but this is a really nice place to spend the night Friday.
http://www.panamintsprings.com/reservations/ (http://www.panamintsprings.com/reservations/)
I have booked the cottage
2 bedrooms and living room .
100 beers in bottle and over 10 on tap!!!
(http://www.renefrederiksen.dk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/8_100-forskellige-beer.jpg)
(http://www.erench.com/RESTAUR/CALIF/ESIERRA/PSR/psr02.jpg)
Friday night arrival is pleasant and we sit on the wooden patio and drink beers into the night. Camping is across the street and is Very reasonable.
(http://www.panamintsprings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/PSR-Map-with-grid-2-650w.jpg)
(http://www.bringfido.com/site_media/photos/lodging/5/8/7/168785/PSR-Map-no-grid-2-650w.jpg)
(http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/1e/0f/6f/the-resort.jpg)
(http://www.uwekaiser.com/images/2012/02_sf-panamint/2012-07-26%20%2832%29%20Panamint%20Springs%20Motel.JPG)
(http://www.outdoorproject.com/sites/default/files/styles/cboxshow/public/1423356526/jdc_5721.jpg?itok=rwiZ5wPH)
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Tentative "in" based on the following..
How built/modded does a truck need to be to do the planned route?
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Tentative "in" based on the following..
How built/modded does a truck need to be to do the planned route?
Sliders, skids IMHO
Grooters did it in a Frontier
mostly need good suspension for the washboard roads.
Please post IN on the new x.org
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In as well. Myself + 1 (either the wife or my brother, depending on work schedules). I'm running a PML with spacer in front and shackle/AAL combo in the back, plus bill 5100s all the way around. Let me know if you think this will be good enough for the washboard roads.
Sounds like an amazing trip, thanks for organizing!
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Steve c and JFanaselle added.
Please encourage all in SCCX to post IN in the newx.org thread.
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In as well. Myself + 1 (either the wife or my brother, depending on work schedules). I'm running a PML with spacer in front and shackle/AAL combo in the back, plus bill 5100s all the way around. Let me know if you think this will be good enough for the washboard roads.
Sounds like an amazing trip, thanks for organizing!
JF, just airing down will soften the ride on washboards and you will ride nice and smooth over it all. Your rig will do just fine for a trip like this one with zero to no worries.
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You know what I'm going to ask?
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You know what I'm going to ask?
what my favorite kind of beer is?
it's Double bastard ale from Stone brewing. :)
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Looks fun, wish we'll be in the state for this.
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You know what I'm going to ask?
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We are in.
John and Daphne...hope you like tacos!
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added.
who does not love tacos? :)
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Count me in +1. Looks like a great trip. Hopefully I can upgrade suspension by then!! if not, free massage chair.
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Count me in +1. Looks like a great trip. Hopefully I can upgrade suspension by then!! if not, free massage chair.
Hey Cam, check out this link:
DV Trip on TheNewX (http://www.thenewx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=147002)
It's been a little while since Chris updated directly here, but there has been a wait list for the trip established. I asked him to add you. It is a long way off, a lot can happen between now and then.
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List as of 5/13/15:
Added
DRIVERS
1. Danny Grooters Trail Leader
2. chrishayesusa
3. steve c
4. JFanaselle
5. Mr Bills (Robert Bills)
6.Sage Bromax
7 Motorpig77
8 Wanderer
9. TurtleX
10 "GeoTaco" John and Daphne
11 jhughes3281
12 CKayaks
13 snelltaylor
14 knightrider
RIDERS
1. JFanaselle passenger
2Sage Bromax passenger
3 Motorpig77 passenger
4 Wanderer passenger
5 jhughes3281 passenger
6 snelltaylor passenger
7 knightrider passenger
Waitlist
1 maXTERRA
2 Nomad 13
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Hey Chris,
please add us to the wait list. Mark & Nia. Thank you.
Mark
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Hey Chris,
please add us to the wait list. Mark & Nia. Thank you.
Mark
Mark...hit Chris for updates over on thenewx...he frequents that site more.
DV CHUSA Trip (http://www.thenewx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=147002)
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Current as of July2nd 2015
DRIVERS
1. Danny Grooters Trail Leader
2. chrishayesusa
3. steve c
4. JFanaselle
5. Mr Bills (Robert Bills)
6. Sage Bromax
7 Motorpig77
8 Wanderer
9. TurtleX
10 "GeoTaco" John and Daphne
11 jhughes3281
12 CKayaks
13 snelltaylor
14 knightrider
RIDERS
1. JFanaselle passenger
2 Sage Bromax passenger
3 Motorpig77 passenger
4 Wanderer passenger
5 jhughes3281 passenger
6 snelltaylor passenger
7 knightrider passenger
8 steve c passenger
Waitlist
1 maXTERRA
2 Nomad 13
3 markye412
4 Camtherealtor +1
5 Mark & Nia
6 snutty
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Hi Chris
I will have a passenger if you'd like to have your list be completely up to date.
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done
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Is everyone still in?
lets update this in case there is a cancellation and we can get a wait-listed person/group/family on the list.
Cheers
The reservation site for Panamint springs is open at this time.
everyone should make reservations if they wish now.
meeting at the at Panamint springs on Saturday the 7th (depart from Panamint springs resort at 9 am)
turn off road / air down at south entrance(hiway 190 and Saline valley road)
....This could be a meeting point for late comers (make sure you have radios)
Wednesday(the 11th) is a holiday(veterans) and participants can take Monday and Tuesday off. drive up Friday(nov 6th) after work.
They offer motel rooms, tent camping and rv camping with restrooms and showers.
prices area reasonable.
We meet Saturday morning here and some will drive in on Saturday morning,
but this is a really nice place to spend the night Friday.
http://www.panamintsprings.com/reservations/ (http://www.panamintsprings.com/reservations/)
I have booked the cottage
2 bedrooms and living room .
100 beers in bottle and over 10 on tap!!!
(http://www.renefrederiksen.dk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/8_100-forskellige-beer.jpg)
(http://www.erench.com/RESTAUR/CALIF/ESIERRA/PSR/psr02.jpg)
Friday night arrival is pleasant and we sit on the wooden patio and drink beers into the night. Camping is across the street and is Very reasonable.
(http://www.panamintsprings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/PSR-Map-with-grid-2-650w.jpg)
(http://www.bringfido.com/site_media/photos/lodging/5/8/7/168785/PSR-Map-no-grid-2-650w.jpg)
(http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/1e/0f/6f/the-resort.jpg)
(http://www.uwekaiser.com/images/2012/02_sf-panamint/2012-07-26%20%2832%29%20Panamint%20Springs%20Motel.JPG)
(http://www.outdoorproject.com/sites/default/files/styles/cboxshow/public/1423356526/jdc_5721.jpg?itok=rwiZ5wPH)
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We are still in and looking forward to the trip and seeing friends.
Booked a single queen room for Friday night...be nice to shower and have a beer before the trip.
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We are still in and looking forward to the trip and seeing friends.
Booked a single queen room for Friday night...be nice to shower and have a beer before the trip.
If we tent camp the night of the 6th, will there be shower access?
Chris, that cabin you booked... are the bunk beds spoken for :D
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Just waiting on my reservation confirmation. I go the "Thanks for checking, we'll confirm it in a later e-mail".
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If we tent camp the night of the 6th, will there be shower access?
Chris, that cabin you booked... are the bunk beds spoken for :D
Please go to the link for Panamint springs resort.
there are restrooms and showers for campers.
Not sure about my room availability , still trying to get the wife to let me bring the kids.
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I am definately still in for me +1. Not sure if I'll be camping at the site, or booking a room. Trying to book a room now.
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They are slow on sending confirmations.
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this will be fun, we are all probably trying to book the same room.
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this will be fun, we are all probably trying to book the same room.
Haha, classic!
I bet the resort staff is trying to figure out why the big run on reservations!
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If we tent camp the night of the 6th, will there be shower access?
Chris, that cabin you booked... are the bunk beds spoken for :D
Yes...showers are included with a tent space rental...$10 per site!!
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I just called Panamint springs resort.
Their internet is down for a short time and they were not able to send out confirmation emails just yet.
They confirmed my reservation over the phone.
I'm in for the cottage. ;D
..............maybe it was solar radiation that caused their internet to go down ??? ??? ???
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Just called and their internet is still down. She asked me to call back tomorrow ::).
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Just called and their internet is still down. She asked me to call back tomorrow ::).
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Get a room now if you want one, or a camp site.
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..............maybe it was solar radiation that caused their internet to go down ??? ??? ???
Aliens.
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I was just on the phone with them and their system came back on line. She gave me my confirmation number and then I got a confirmation e-mail a couple of minutes later.
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Just got my confirmation email also
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got my confirmation email.
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Aliens.
I bet they were out secretly burying their poo in the fields behind the rooms and used that as an excuse as to why the reservations took so long.
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I bet they were out secretly burying their poo in the fields behind the rooms and used that as an excuse as to why the reservations took so long.
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No you didn't!
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Yeah he did! Haaaa ha!
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Here...lemme get this for you...
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email confirm rec'd...dripping of buried alien poo. (https://youtu.be/HoWDthfDya4) :D :D :D
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Poo jokes and potty humor......
I'm gonna have to bring some mummy turds (preserved of course) on our death valley trip so you can show Danny(Toro) what they look like then ask him to breath in deeply. :):)
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Poo jokes and potty humor......
I'm gonna have to bring some mummy turds (preserved of course) on our death valley trip so you can show Danny(Toro) what they look like then ask him to breath in deeply. :):)
First post of the resurrected SCCX site...classic. :)
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THis is the latest list I have with a new opening for Camtherealtor
DRIVERS
1. Danny Grooters Trail Leader (will have tech ticket by November)
2. chrishayesusa (will have tech ticket by November)
3. steve c Ham
4. JFanaselle Ham
5. Mr Bills (Robert Bills) Ham
6. Sage Bromax Ham
7 Motorpig77 Ham
8 Wanderer
9. TurtleX
10 "GeoYota" John and Daphne Ham
11 CKayaks (will have tech ticket by November)
12 snelltaylor (70cm only) (will have tech ticket by November)
13 knightrider Ham
14 Camtherealtor +1 asking NOW....
Waitlist
1 maXTERRA CANCELLED
2 Nomad 13 (unable to confirm at this time)
3 markye412 (Pass)
4 Camtherealtor +1
5 Mark & Nia
6 snutty
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This is the latest list I have with a new opening for Mark & Nia
DRIVERS
1. Danny Grooters Trail Leader (will have tech ticket by November)
2. chrishayesusa (will have tech ticket by November)
3. steve c Ham
4. JFanaselle Ham
5. Mr Bills (Robert Bills) Ham
6. Sage Bromax Ham
7 Motorpig77 Ham
8 Wanderer
9. TurtleX
10 "GeoYota" John and Daphne Ham
11 CKayaks (will have tech ticket by November)
12 snelltaylor (70cm only) (will have tech ticket by November)
13 knightrider Ham
14 Mark & Nia asking NOW....
Waitlist
1 maXTERRA CANCELLED
2 Nomad 13 (unable to confirm at this time)
3 markye412 (Pass)
4 Camtherealtor +1 (no Response)
5 Mark & Nia
6 snutty
at the end of this week(sunday 30th August) I will move to the next person on this list.
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We're in!!!!!
Who hoo! It's my birthday 11/7! Th is is the best birthday present!
We are so so in. Put us down and slap us silly!
Mark
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What's a tech ticket?
I'll get one one if need be.
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What's a tech ticket?
I'll get one one if need be.
It is the entry level (Technician) license (ticket) for Amateur Radio (aka Ham). Minimal studying, fairly easy test. Then you can legally talk to the world. Check out the previously posted links for study guides, practice exams, and where to take the test.
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You may wish to make overnight arrangements in Panamint springs for Friday the 6th of November.
lots of us are staying there Friday night.
as of today at the resort
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b562/chrishaynesusa/Death%20Valley%20CA/Death%20Valley%20CA%20Trip%202%202015/Panamint%20SpringsReservation_zpsiumhn4qh.jpg)
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Ill make the reservation for Friday night.
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Definitely worth WATCHING
Covers Ascent and decent of Lippencott mine road, Lippencott mine, RaceTrack, Eureka dunes, steel pass, saline hot springs
https://vimeo.com/99410768 (https://vimeo.com/99410768)
cell phone number request prior to Death valley in a PM please.
steve c, and Mark and Nia, Wanderer
Could I please get your phone numbers to stay in contact with you prior to the Death valley run.
your pal
Chris
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Great Video...thanks for posting that! Looking forward to this run!
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We are in!!
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We are in!!
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Ham listing for Death Valley trip so far......
1. Danny Grooters Trail Leader Able to monitor
2. chrishayesusa Ham
3. steve c Ham
4. JFanaselle Ham
5. Mr Bills (Robert Bills) Ham
6. Sage Bromax Ham
7. Motorpig77 Ham
8. Mark & Nia (will have tech ticket by November)
9. TurtleX Able to monitor
10 "GeoYota" John and Daphne Ham
11 CKayaks Able to monitor
12 snelltaylor Ham
13 knightrider Ham
14 PainRoller (Mike and Barb) (will have tech ticket by November)
Outstanding list of "still in work for Technician "
Danny Grooters Trail Leader (will have tech ticket by November)
Mark & Nia (will have tech ticket by November)
TurtleX (will have tech ticket by November)
CKayaks (will have tech ticket by November)
PainRoller (Mike and Barb) (will have tech ticket by November)
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.Got my Technicians license Sunday.
Passed test with 6 wrong out of 35, (you can miss 9).
7-10 days to issue call sign(in database).
Hope you are able to get Technician before trip, if not still bring a ham radio(for monitoring).
I went to http://hamexam.org/ and chose the FlashCard link for technician.
There are links for a 35 question sample test and for the question pool itself.
I think the flash cards worked for me. YMMV. :)
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Looks like this is shaping up to be the first cb-less trip I've ever been on. It will be GREAT to not have to juggle two microphones on the trail! 8)
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can someone ping Mark and Nia,
and PainRoller to have monitoring capability?
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can someone ping Mark and Nia,
and PainRoller to have monitoring capability?
No need to ping - we don't have a ham radio yet. Working on it...
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No need to ping - we don't have a ham radio yet. Working on it...
Painroller, if you are not able to obtain your Tech license by this trip, another option would be to purchase a small handheld unit like a Baofeng or something similar so you could at least monitor the HAM traffic. This unit is very inexpensive and works great at close range
http://www.amazon.com/Baofeng-136-174-400-480-Dual-Band-Transceiver/dp/B009MAKWC0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442388745&sr=8-1&keywords=baofeng+ham
Just a suggestion if youre unable to get your Tech license!
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Painroller can you send me a pm with contact number please?
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Painroller, if you are not able to obtain your Tech license by this trip, another option would be to purchase a small handheld unit like a Baofeng or something similar so you could at least monitor the HAM traffic. This unit is very inexpensive and works great at close range
http://www.amazon.com/Baofeng-136-174-400-480-Dual-Band-Transceiver/dp/B009MAKWC0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442388745&sr=8-1&keywords=baofeng+ham
Just a suggestion if youre unable to get your Tech license!
Thanks for the link and suggestion. ;)
Painroller can you send me a pm with contact number please?
Done :)
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Mark and Nia,
can you send me a PM with your cell number please?
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No need to ping - we don't have a ham radio yet. Working on it...
Barb & Mike...we have an extra HT (handie talkie/walkie talkie) that we bring as a backup...happy to loan it to you whether you get your license or not so you could monitor? LMK...it will be at the trailhead. :)
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i also have a ht if someone wants to monitor.
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I'll bring my Handheld as well just in case someone needs it!
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Ham listing for Death Valley trip so far......
1. Danny Grooters Trail Leader...................................... Able to monitor
2. chrishayesusa...........................................................................Ham
3. steve c.................................................................................... Ham
4. JFanaselle................................................................................ Ham
5. Mr Bills (Robert Bills).............................................................. Ham
6. Sage Bromax............................................................................ Ham
7. Motorpig77............................................................................... Ham
8. Mark & Nia.............................................................. will have tech ticket by Nov
9. TurtleX.................................................................................... Ham
10 "GeoYota" John and Daphne....................................................... Ham
11 CKayaks............................................................... Able to monitor
12 snelltaylor............................................................................... Ham
13 knightrider.............................................................................. Ham
14 PainRoller (Mike and Barb)....................................................... Ham & Ham
Outstanding list of "still in work for Technician "
Danny Grooters Trail Leader (will have tech ticket by November)
Mark & Nia (will have tech ticket by November)
CKayaks (will have tech ticket by November)
Hope you are able to get Technician before trip, if not still bring a ham radio(for monitoring).
I went to http://hamexam.org/ and chose the FlashCard link for technician.
There are links for a 35 question sample test and for the question pool itself.
I think the flash cards worked for me. YMMV. :)
Congrats Jon Skoog(turtleX) and Mike (PainRoller )passed Technician exam!!! :)
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I replaced the Rubber Duck on my Yaesu FT-60R .
with this.
Diamond SRH77CA supposed to be good for 2m and 70cm
overall length is 16 inches versus 7 for OEM rubber duck.
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b562/chrishaynesusa/MiscXIII/Antenna%20SRH77CA_zpsgcxlta7i.jpg)
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I did the exact same thing to my FT-60R shortly after buying it about 8 years ago, then quickly changed it back after stabbing myself in the arm pit about 20 times while having the radio clipped onto my belt. :D
That SRH77 works great but it's like three times longer than the entire radio! Truth be told, I've never had an issue with the included antenna on my FT-60R. I keep the SRH77 in my rig in case I ever need a little extra range on my handheld, but I've never used it since I took it off.
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I did the exact same thing to my FT-60R shortly after buying it about 8 years ago, then quickly changed it back after stabbing myself in the arm pit about 20 times while having the radio clipped onto my belt. :D
That SRH77 works great but it's like three times longer than the entire radio! Truth be told, I've never had an issue with the included antenna on my FT-60R. I keep the SRH77 in my rig in case I ever need a little extra range on my handheld, but I've never used it since I took it off.
I'll trade you some good beer for it?
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im with joe, i have the longer antenna incase needed but just use the stock rubber ducky for max portability.
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im with joe, i have the longer antenna incase needed but just use the stock rubber ducky for max portability.
There are some inexpensive home made cases people have made.
i will try to make this one.
I have experience with PVC tubing having made my boys blowguns that shoot nails with laser sights.
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b562/chrishaynesusa/MiscXIII/rubber_duck_case2_zpsqcs5zppa.jpg)
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Gas.
coming from the South or North up/down Highway 395 gas up in Olancha CA
From Olancha it is 25 miles to the Saline Valley turn off to the North and 45 miles to Panamint Springs resort
There is an alternate route at 395( searles station) up highway 178 but I am unfamiliar with route or gas stations along the way.
Also if the next station is Panamint springs then you would be forced to fill at a much higher rate.
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b562/chrishaynesusa/MiscXIII/Alternate%20to%20Panmint%20springs_zpsgktrmch4.jpg)
seems as though most of highway 178 is playa driving(really hot) barren.
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j105/yojack1/NSX%20Off%20Topic/IMG_6277.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/yojack1/media/NSX%20Off%20Topic/IMG_6277.jpg.html)
dont for get to buy beef jerky to support local economy(tasty)
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turn here.......
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top off in Panamint Springs CA,
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then get a beer,....... sit on patio,........... wait......
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look at desert.......
contemplate life.......
ummmm........
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How much extra fuel do you believe is required to bring for the run? I have 2 2-gallon rotopax cans but 4 gallons doesn't seem like much extra fuel for a trip like this. What is everyone else planning to bring?
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How much extra fuel do you believe is required to bring for the run? I have 2 2-gallon rotopax cans but 4 gallons doesn't seem like much extra fuel for a trip like this. What is everyone else planning to bring?
we all brought 5 gallons jerrycans last year and we got out ok,
that being said, I wished I had brought at least 10 gallons. We also may wish to explore on day 3 or 4 and that would require fuel.
This year I am bringing my trailer and will take the hit in mpg's and will bring 15 gallons.
"GeoYota" is bringing 10 gallons ( I believe).
We should also plan for a contingency exit should the roads not be passable on our proposed route.
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10 for me.
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Great info, thanks CHUSA. I have another 5 gallon can I'll make room for, which will get me up to 9 gallons total. As for exploring... YES PLEASE! ;D I'd bring 100 gallons if we need it to explore!
And steve c... how come you always have to show off your @$$? :D
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And steve c... how come you always have to show off your @$$? :D
Simple. It's glorious.
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Simple. It's glorious.
Wide angle lense? ;)
Sorry...had to.
10 US gallons will be our additional load out for fuel.
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Wide angle lense? ;)
Sorry...had to.
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Yesterday,
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the Big Pine Road from Crankshaft junction to the South Eureka road(mountain pass) seems to be washed out/closed at this time.
Our loop as of today is to go counter clockwise.
South entrance, lippencott,homestake,ubehebe,crankshaft, eureka dunes, steelpass,saline hot springs, Northern exit.
we could do:
Southern entrance, Saline valley hot springs(first night),
Steel Pass, Eureka dunes(second night),
RETURN, Steel Pass, Saline valley hot springs (third night)
Lippencott/Homestake camp(fourth night)
Drive out Race track/Tea Kettle Junction/Uebehe crater(then pavement to Stove Pipe wells(gas and done)
There are plenty of alternatives and plenty of time 43 days.....
PS I would like to get in touch with Mark and Nia,
if anyone knows how to do this please let them know ...
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How much extra fuel do you believe is required to bring for the run? I have 2 2-gallon rotopax cans but 4 gallons doesn't seem like much extra fuel for a trip like this. What is everyone else planning to bring?
I'm bringing 10 gallons as well... And since we're showing off our asses!!!
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I thought you got some KO2s? ??? Are you using old recycled photos on us here man?!? 8)
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it is a miracle truly.....
i have only seen a matching spare once. :)
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I thought you got some KO2s? ??? Are you using old recycled photos on us here man?!? 8)
You caught me Joe!!! That's the picture from the day I picked her up after the rear bumper!
This is today... And still with a matching spare Chris!(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn186/Motorpig77/Truck%20Build/IMG_20150926_094503_zpswouax86z.jpg) (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/Motorpig77/media/Truck%20Build/IMG_20150926_094503_zpswouax86z.jpg.html)
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it is a miracle truly.....
i have only seen a matching spare once. :)
I had a matching spare, once.
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Then I had to use it.....
And then I went to America's Tire and got a brand new one for FREE!!
So, I guess I've seen a matching spare,
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ive never not had a matching spare.
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10 gallons sounds like a good number for comfort and reduced stress while out in death valley.
5 gallons will get you by,......... but the extra would allow a day for exploration.
There are mines, and other sites that would be interesting to check out and not have to say "maybe next time".
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There are mines, and other sites that would be interesting to check out and not have to say "maybe next time".
This, please! :)
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There are mines, and other sites that would be interesting to check out and not have to say "maybe next time".
I like this idea as well! I can even carry an extra 5 gallons of fuel if someone is unable to carry it themselves just to help make this happen!
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I like this idea as well! I can even carry an extra 5 gallons of fuel if someone is unable to carry it themselves just to help make this happen!
@ $6.00 a gallon... ;)
Sent from my Planet Claire
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@ $6.00 a gallon... ;)
Sent from my Planet Claire
Plus tax! ;-)
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Carrying charges, my boy. Carrying charges.
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I have everyone except:
Danny Grooters "Trail Leader"...........(will have tech ticket by November)
CKayaks........................................ (will have tech ticket by November)
Mark & Nia..................................... (will have tech ticket by November)
TurtleX......................................... Ham When posted in Database
PainRoller(Just Mike ).................... Ham When posted in Database and Congrats !! Barb
Any Updates?
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Picture your self out here with a nice cold microbrew contemplating life after a long drive on a Friday
I rented this cottage last time I was here.
and again for this trip.
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I can't freaking wait. This trip is going to be so epic. My bro and I will be leaving early on Friday, probably as soon as the morning commuter traffic dies down (8:00 or 9:00 am). We're going to stop at the old abandoned Boron State Prison to explore a little on the way out. If anyone else coming from SoCal wants to caravan up there and wants to join us for the exploration, let me know.
If we leave the Inland Empire area around 9:00 am and explore the prison area for ~2 hours, we'd be getting into Panamint Springs resort around 3:00 pm.
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I can't freaking wait. This trip is going to be so epic. My bro and I will be leaving early on Friday, probably as soon as the morning commuter traffic dies down (8:00 or 9:00 am). We're going to stop at the old abandoned Boron State Prison to explore a little on the way out. If anyone else coming from SoCal wants to caravan up there and wants to join us for the exploration, let me know.
If we leave the Inland Empire area around 9:00 am and explore the prison area for ~2 hours, we'd be getting into Panamint Springs resort around 3:00 pm.
You might be a little lonely arriving that early .
might wanna go hike over to Darwin Falls.
Last year most started arriving around dusk.
or you could just start drinking..... :)
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Just gives us more time to explore the 395 on our way up, and explore around the area of the resort before everyone else shows up. :)
That hike to Darwin Falls sounds pretty fun. We'll probably give that a whirl if no one else is there yet.
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Just gives us more time to explore the 395 on our way up, and explore around the area of the resort before everyone else shows up. :)
That hike to Darwin Falls sounds pretty fun. We'll probably give that a whirl if no one else is there yet.
hey Joe
Have you ever been to Randsburg ???
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I haven't, but it sure looks like a cool place. Maybe we'll pop in there. Another option would be to stop by the Trona Pinnacles, which I've also never seen. Hell, maybe we'll do both. :)
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I can't freaking wait. This trip is going to be so epic. My bro and I will be leaving early on Friday, probably as soon as the morning commuter traffic dies down (8:00 or 9:00 am). We're going to stop at the old abandoned Boron State Prison to explore a little on the way out. If anyone else coming from SoCal wants to caravan up there and wants to join us for the exploration, let me know.
If we leave the Inland Empire area around 9:00 am and explore the prison area for ~2 hours, we'd be getting into Panamint Springs resort around 3:00 pm.
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I think we are down for these shenanigans!! ;)
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I am taking the Friday off, so I will be in for exploration prior to Panamint Springs.
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As of right now, I will be down for a friday exploration as well! Unless something changes...count me in on that Convoy!
"Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of june
In a kenworth pullin' logs
Cab-over pete with a reefer on
And a jimmy haulin' hogs
We is headin' for bear on i-one-oh
'bout a mile outta shaky town
I says, "pig pen, this here's the rubber duck.
"and i'm about to put the hammer down."
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I'm in for the convoy.
Unless you guys drive too fast. Then I'll meet you there :D
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In for a Friday comms check as well.
Fritos, slim jims, and Gatorade. Check!
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I can't freaking wait. This trip is going to be so epic. My bro and I will be leaving early on Friday, probably as soon as the morning commuter traffic dies down (8:00 or 9:00 am). We're going to stop at the old abandoned Boron State Prison to explore a little on the way out. If anyone else coming from SoCal wants to caravan up there and wants to join us for the exploration, let me know.
If we leave the Inland Empire area around 9:00 am and explore the prison area for ~2 hours, we'd be getting into Panamint Springs resort around 3:00 pm.
Been to Boron...awesome place.
Can you set a meet spot so we can coordinate commute times from San Diego/Oceanside/Hemet/Mira Mesa, etc.?
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I have everyone except:
Danny Grooters "Trail Leader"...........(will have tech ticket by November) I'm a betting man :)
CKayaks........................................ (will have tech ticket by November)
Mark & Nia..................................... (will have tech ticket by November)
TurtleX......................................... Ham When posted in Database
Congratulations FixitGuy!!!
Any Updates?
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Well shoot... it looks like we've got quite a bit of interest in a Friday fun-day before the official start of the trip. I'll start a new thread so we don't muddy this one up.
Edit: looks like you guys beat me to it 8)
http://www.sccxterra.com/smf/index.php/topic,3319.0/topicseen.html
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posted by Hi Desert Warrior yesterday at 1 pm in the saline valley preservation forum
http://forum.salinepreservation.org/?forum=162656
"I just called the Inyo road dept.
They advised that Saline Valley North Road is closed and may not be open for another three weeks.
No more info, other than that"
That would put its opening around the 22nd of October.
That is good for the exit
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But we are still waiting on the Big Pine Rd to open from Crankshaft junction to the Crater Mine (Sulphur).
This allows travel from Ubehebe Crater up to crankshaft junction and over to Eureka Dunes(night 2 campspot).
Keep your fingers crossed :)
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This is the preferred Route and the one we did last year
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Or this route.... IF... Big Pine is closed between Crankshaft junction and S Eureka dunes road.
This is the only Closed road that would affect us given today's information about the Northern exit and its opening date.
This route would take us up and down Lippencott mine road and
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"T-bone Ribeye" posted this 5 hours ago on Saline Valley preservation
http://forum.salinepreservation.org/post/lippincott-road-6700262?trail=30 (http://forum.salinepreservation.org/post/lippincott-road-6700262?trail=30)
"2 gents and myself from SLO county came down Lippincott Wednesday and found the road to be in good shape.
No problem for a stock Tundra 4by and FJC. We had never driven Lippincott before and found it to be much easier than feared.
That road has haunted me for decades and after coming over Hunter Mountain for the first time (stops at Hunter Cabin, J.O. Mine, and Lost Burro) we stayed in Homestake Dry Camp Tuesday night.
The descent went smoothly with plenty of road in the nasty bits and no need for any spotting.
We continued on to the Springs on great South Pass road and stayed the night.
Wind shredded my 16' Noah's tarp yesterday morning so we opted to forgo further sand eating and headed back to the coast.
New Pelican cooler was money."
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I have everyone except:
Danny Grooters "Trail Leader"...........(will have tech ticket by November)
CKayaks........................................ (will have tech ticket by November)
Mark & Nia..................................... (will have tech ticket by November)
Congratulations TurtleX!!
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Ham passed. Woot woot
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NEWSFLASH>>>>>>>Grooters has PASSED THE TEST!!!
Congratulations Danny Grooters "Trail Leader"
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Road conditions for those that like to obsess :)
remember that we have 31 days till the trip and plenty changes during that time.
https://www.facebook.com/DeathValleyRoadConditions
http://forum.salinepreservation.org/?forum=162656
Morning report in Death Valley (usually Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday) not daily... :)
http://www.nps.gov/deva/upload/Morning-Report.pdf
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For those that are trying to wrap their heads around what is where and what is closed or what is possible.
I made this conceptual map. Not to scale :)
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hiway makes me laugh.
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Ham steak camp? 😊😊
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Saline Valley Rd (South entrance ) is back open and muddy.
Highway 168 to South Eureka Valley Rd. (to the Dunes ) is open.
No word on Steele pass
Racetrack Rd is currently closed with standing water on the playa.
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in other news.....
Grooters is still waiting on his callsign......
...........any suggestions on a callsign befitting Danny "big Deal" Grooters ?
:)
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posted on SPA http://forum.salinepreservation.org/post/north-pass-6700266?trail=105 (http://forum.salinepreservation.org/post/north-pass-6700266?trail=105)
"Posted Sunday 10/11/2015 #100
I spent the last week at Palm Springs. I came in on the south pass last Sunday when it was raining.
Lee came into my camp on Monday to see what route I came in and its condition.
He said up to Saturday the north was open with one spot with a lot of rocks on the road but passable in four wheel drive.
Since the rains, he didn't know the condition of the road. About noon on Monday a Motorcycle rider came into the springs.
He said he came in the north route and it is open with one spot that has a lot of rocks on the road but passable.
Tuesday a Jeep Wrangler came in from the north route and said it was open, with some rocks in one spot but passable.
So, it seems its open but advisable to have four wheel drive."
posted on SPA,,,,,10/12/2015
http://forum.salinepreservation.org/post/south-pass-6700265?trail=45
Posted 6 minutes ago #40
Went in South Pass Thursday night (10/8/15), and back out Yesterday morning (10/11/15).
Most of the road was in really good shape with the least washboard I've seen. There are a lot of little places where the water washed over the road in the valley, but no big deal, but do need to slow down for some of them. The worst I thought was the last section on Bat Road right before the lower Springs. Gets rutted and rocky. Same going to the upper Springs. Some big rocks and such, and the road is a bit hard to follow in a couple places. Numerous vehicles missing the road coming down from Steel Pass just above upper springs and heading down the wash.
Posted 14 minutes ago #103
Did not drive it, but folks were filtering in and out North Pass with jeeps and 4x4 without any major difficulties, that we heard about.
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CKayaks has PASSED!!!!! his HAM radio technician test.
Congratulations Cass :)
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Woot woot. Nicely done buddy!!
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This is now officially an ALL HAM comms trip :) :) :)
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This is now officially an ALL HAM comms trip :) :) :)
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Is it too early to start talking about food and firewood for this trip? I'm just starting to make my checklist for what to bring along.
If we're doing group meals, I'll bring my big 3 burner camp chef stove and huge griddle, which really comes in handy around breakfast time (I bet GeoYota could pump out quite a few of those amazing peanut butter pancakes of his on this bad boy... :)). If it's an "everyone for themselves" type trip, I'll just bring my small stove/grill combo.
How much firewood do you want everyone to bring each? Several nights with raging campfires well into the evening should certainly require more than the standard "one bundle per person," yeah?
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imo its better if we plan dinners as group meals as it is less for everyone to carry, i think breakfast and lunch will mostly be on your own type stuff with maybe a group breakfast or 2 planned out.
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I agree. I'm looking at the schedule and every Eve we will have plenty of time to set up and get some solid cooking going. Breakfasts and lunches can kinda be eat what you brought but if someone makes pancakes and tells me to stuff them into my mouth I will stuff it into my mouth!! As for dinners maybe we can get 2 people per night to kinda volunteer to cook main courses? Thoughts?
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added.
who does not love tacos? :)
If it's Taco Bell or Del Taco etc the answer to your question is painfully obvious.
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Perfect weather.
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I agree. I'm looking at the schedule and every Eve we will have plenty of time to set up and get some solid cooking going. Breakfasts and lunches can kinda be eat what you brought but if someone makes pancakes and tells me to stuff them into my mouth I will stuff it into my mouth!! As for dinners maybe we can get 2 people per night to kinda volunteer to cook main courses? Thoughts?
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Okay...
I am "kinda volunteering" to make one pasta dinner, and one pancake breakfast (if Joe brings his 3-burner bad boy) for the group on this trip.
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I am "kinda volunteering" Clint/Motorpig77 to help me coordinate Spaghetti Night, and Jordan/Knightrider with the Peanut Butter Pancake Breakfast.
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My thought is along the lines of what Danny suggested, the breakfast and lunches are individually planned (except the PBPB) and dinners could be a collaborative (two volunteers per night, no doubling up so responsibility is shared) potlucks.
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We may want to cross post something over on TNX so the NorCal attendees not registered here can contribute (Chris, can you coordinate this?) to some evening meals?
Since it seems we will be hitting the trail each day by 10am, my thought is to coordinate the PBPB on the last day, as a nice send off for the group?
Thoughts?
I know if we start a little early this will give ample time for the griddle/stove to cool for packing for the final jaunt home, sending the group home with full stomachs and smiles on their faces.
I'd like to cook the Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday night, and set the bar high for others to follow... ;) ;D ;) ;D
(Thanks Joe for the photo steals from TMR 2015 trip...)
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I like the way you're thinking John. I'm not that great at cooking entire meals, so I'd like to volunteer to help the following way:
1) I'll bring the big boy 3-burner stove and 38" griddle, as well as a full 10 pound propane tank. We can use it for the PB Pancake breakfast, and any meals we need it for along the trip.
2) I'll bring my bbq attachment for the 3 burner stove and I will grill a whole bunch of italian sausage for the spaghetti dinner on Saturday night (the same sausage seen in the photos - last time I only grilled a few on my tiny setup. This time, I'll cook enough for the whole group on the big boy).
3) I can bring more "bacon of the gods" for the PB breakfast morning on the last day. I'm just concerned about having room to cook it if the griddle is being used for pancakes (it's a HUGE griddle, but it's not divided or anything so that makes it tough to do half and half with the bacon grease).
Is that enough contribution for the group? If not, I can also volunteer to bring/grill something one other night using the grill attachment (Carne asada? Hamburgers?).
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I like the way you're thinking John. I'm not that great at cooking entire meals, so I'd like to volunteer to help the following way:
1) I'll bring the big boy 3-burner stove and 38" griddle, as well as a full 10 pound propane tank. We can use it for the PB Pancake breakfast, and any meals we need it for along the trip.
2) I'll bring my bbq attachment for the 3 burner stove and I will grill a whole bunch of italian sausage for the spaghetti dinner on Saturday night (the same sausage seen in the photos - last time I only grilled a few on my tiny setup. This time, I'll cook enough for the whole group on the big boy).
3) I can bring more "bacon of the gods" for the PB breakfast morning on the last day. I'm just concerned about having room to cook it if the griddle is being used for pancakes (it's a HUGE griddle, but it's not divided or anything so that makes it tough to do half and half with the bacon grease).
Is that enough contribution for the group? If not, I can also volunteer to bring/grill something one other night using the grill attachment (Carne asada? Hamburgers?).
This is awesome Joe...and thank you. :)
So, we have:
Friday night: Panamint Springs, everyone on their own
Saturday night: Homestake Mine Camp - Spaghetti Night Dinner, GeoYota/Motorpig77 cooking, JFanaselle bringing his sausage. ;)
Sunday night: Eureka Dunes Camp - OPEN
Monday night: Saline Valley Hot Springs Camp - OPEN
Tuesday night: Saline Valley Hot Springs Camp/Tentative Camp Option - OPEN
Wednesday morning: Peanut Butter Pancake Breakfast, GeoYota/Knightrider
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This is awesome Joe...and thank you. :)
So, we have:
Friday night: Panamint Springs, everyone on their own
Saturday night: Homestake Mine Camp - Spaghetti Night Dinner, GeoYota/Motorpig77 cooking, JFanaselle bringing his sausage. ;)
Sunday night: Eureka Dunes Camp - OPEN
Monday night: Saline Valley Hot Springs Camp - OPEN
Tuesday night: Saline Valley Hot Springs Camp/Tentative Camp Option - OPEN
Wednesday morning: Peanut Butter Pancake Breakfast, GeoYota/Knightrider
This list would look so much better with trail pizza. Just sayin...
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This list would look so much better with trail pizza. Just sayin...
Agreed...trying to remember why your name isn't on this list of attendance???
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Meal schedule and openings
Posted up on TheNewX.org
Please check there from time to time regarding this trip.
I will have final call for participants and ask for all names of passengers.
(making up some name tags) ;D
if you know who all your passengers will be now, please send names to me on thenewx.org
:)
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a link to the thread for lazy people would be nice :D
http://www.thenewx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=147002
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a link to the thread for lazy people would be nice :D
http://www.thenewx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=147002&page=7
Was there something specific about page 7 out of 28 pages (to date) that you wanted the lazy people to focus on? :)
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I forgot regular people still use the default number of posts per page. page 7 was the last page for me.
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On another note:
while we anticipate having a pit toilet at each night camping spot, there is a possibility that plans get altered or locations get altered and we find ourselves out in the open with no facilities.
Also one pit toilet makes for a long line in the morning.
I will be bringing my PETT toilet. And I strongly encourage all to bring something because we will need to pack all our "stuff out"
There is no "Dig a hole in the desert".
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The grand dunny tent lends itself to solitude as you read the latest gun and 4x4 magazines in the morning.
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Both available on amazon.
This is a more economical solution so there is no reason to show up with out some means of putting it in a bag:)
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This is the luggable loo on amazon
This is the preferred tool of Danny Grooters (he's kindaofBigDeal)
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THis turns your stuff to gel and is a good solution for the home made kits
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This is a WAG BAG
Ziploc bag
refuse bag
TP
Moist towelette
= 1 kit
Kit can be purchased in quantities that you may need
And put them in your tire mounted Trasharoo.
(http://image.sportsmansguide.com/adimgs/l/2/221954_ts.jpg)
I do bring additional Toilet paper since that is a ridiculously small amount of TP
YMMV
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So, we have so far for Dinners and Last morning breakfast:
Friday night: Panamint Springs, everyone on their own
Saturday night: Salmon Flown in From Homer Alaska(HT Jeff Tyler) No relation to GeoYota :) ....
Chefs M and Jeff Tyler .........
Need assistance with side dishes this night, i.e. veggies.....etc....
Sunday night: - Spaghetti Night Dinner,
Chefs GeoYota/Motorpig77, JFanaselle bringing his sausage. :-* :-* :-*
Need assistants for sides dishes this evening
Monday night: - "KOREAN BBQ" night.
Chefs TurtleX/GeoXplorer
CKayaks is Assistant #1
Need 1 more assistant for sides dishes this evening
Tuesday night: Option - Potluck MEXICAN theme.
Need Chef and assistants for this night
Wednesday morning breakfast: Peanut Butter Pancake Breakfast,
Chefs GeoYota/Knightrider
NorCal / Socal Guys/Gals.......
Can we fill in a couple of these nights?
Assist with veggies needed?
I know we had some Delicious Korean barbecue spare ribs last time out?
Let me know via cell/text or PM ,
I have space in a fridge/freezers if needed
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Just a formal response to our text conversation, CHUSA:
The grill surface for my BBQ attachment is 16" x 24". Should be able to get a good amount of fish on there. If we can get half on the grill and the other half in pans on your burners on your trailer, we should be able to get it all cooked up pretty quick. That will also give us two different types of cooked fish, to give everyone a nice variety. :) I'll bring some cedar planks for the stuff going on the grill.
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I'll bring the rocket burner and large pot for the spaghetti dinner Geoyota!
John, I'll get with you and Joe offline and figure out who's bringing what for our night!
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Just a formal response to our text conversation, CHUSA:
The grill surface for my BBQ attachment is 16" x 24". Should be able to get a good amount of fish on there. If we can get half on the grill and the other half in pans on your burners on your trailer, we should be able to get it all cooked up pretty quick. That will also give us two different types of cooked fish, to give everyone a nice variety. :) I'll bring some cedar planks for the stuff going on the grill.
Thanks Joe...much appreciated.
I'll bring the rocket burner and large pot for the spaghetti dinner Geoyota!
John, I'll get with you and Joe offline and figure out who's bringing what for our night!
Excellent Clint...I know we hit it out of the park for TMR.
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Just so everyone can prepare accordingly, Chris text me some numbers (shocker, does CHUSA have YOUR phone number???) on attendees:
22 adults
4 children
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I'm happy to help on Tuesday night, let me know what else is needed for the cooking/food to bring. For the rest of the meals, my wife and I are both a pain as far as diets go, so most of the time we'll probably end up cooking for ourselves.
BTW, every time I've been out in the desert, I've always dug holes, especially when backpacking for 3 weeks. I know it takes longer to decompose, etc, but what's the major concern?
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Regarding Tueday night dinner. We need a chef and 2 assistants. Mexican theme so throw some suggestions out there regarding Mexican cuisine.
SIde dishes should include veggies, bread(if applicable), fruit, etc... pick some thing and post up or send a PM to the chef that night.
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Regarding Poop:
it does not decompose
it turns to mummy poop then gets blown by the wind. or if buried ... gets carried off by the next flash flood, dried and blown by the wind.
bring a porta potty of some type,
again we plan on camping next to a pit toilet on all nights but you never know what or where you will find yourself in.
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Us So-Cal guys have had great luck doing Carne Asada for Mexican themed dinner nights. It's easy to bring along pre-marinated, and is quick/easy to cook. Pair it up with some corn and flour tortillas, shredded cheese, sour cream, guacamole and freshly sliced tomatoes/lettuce/whatever other veggies you want. Someone else can heat up some beans/and or rice for a side, and it's a great meal that will feed a lot of people. Probably one of the easiest meals to make out there on the trail really. :)
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yesterday.
more flash floods, all roads were closed at one point.
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these are just gatekeepers :)
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they filter Prius and civics out of the park. :)
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Danny Grooters is KK6YCW
Congratulations Danny Grooters!!!!!
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Cass Kaliniski is KK6YDH congratulations!!!!!!
:) :) :)
15 out of 16 rigs have ham callsign !!!!
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poster yesterday on Facebook......10/24/2015
James Barnett....... Just got back from 4 days on Death Valley back roads. Hunter Mtn. to Teakettle Jct. and down Lippincott to Warm Springs were in good shape. 4 jeepers did this starting on Tuesday from Saline Valley road south. Ended up going out South Pass yesterday to Lee'sFlat. Today we went up the backside to Cerro Gordo and over to the Salt Tram down to Swansea. Thanks for all the work everyone does to maintain these roads, NPS and Inyo County.
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53 days?
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Your internal device clock might be wrong or something. The countdown shows 12 days 11 hours for me. ???
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We Need assistance with veggie side dishes Please
Tuesday Dinner has changed
Friday night: Panamint Springs, everyone on their own
Saturday night: Salmon Flown in From Homer Alaska(HT Jeff Tyler) No relation to GeoYota :) ....
Chefs M and Jeff Tyler .........
Need assistants with side dishes this night, i.e. veggies.....etc....
Sunday night: - Spaghetti Night Dinner,
Chefs GeoYota/Motorpig77,
JFanaselle bringing his sausage.
Need for sides dishes this evening
Monday night: - "KOREAN BBQ" night.
Chefs TurtleX/GeoXplorer
CKayaks is Assistant #1
Need 1 more assistant for sides dishes this evening
Tuesday night: Potluck MEXICAN theme.
No CHEFS bring whatcha want share or not up to you
Wednesday morning breakfast: Peanut Butter Pancake Breakfast,
Chefs GeoYota/Knightrider
NorCal / Socal Guys/Gals.......
Can we fill in a couple of ASSISTANTS for these nights?
Assist with veggies needed
Let me know via cell/text or PM ,
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The Sunday night spaghetti dinner is good, no more assistants needed. GeoYota, Motorpig77 and I have it all worked out with main dish and side dishes. :)
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The Sunday night spaghetti dinner is good, no more assistants needed. GeoYota, Motorpig77 and I have it all worked out with main dish and side dishes. :)
Thanks Joe...I'm gonna bring the Explorer/griddle too, so we will have plenty of cooking surfaces.
I know Clint is bringing his NASA burner too for the pasta...we will function like a well oiled machine!!
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The Freedom Grill is available to all. Plus the Exxon Valdez (10# propane tank)
I'm available to help where ever it's needed.
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Panamint Springs weather forecast
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We Need assistance with veggie side dishes Please
Tuesday Dinner has changed
Friday night: Panamint Springs, everyone on their own
Saturday night: Salmon Flown in From Homer Alaska(HT Jeff Tyler) No relation to GeoYota :) ....
Chefs M and Jeff Tyler .........
Need assistants with side dishes this night, i.e. veggies.....etc....
Sunday night: - Spaghetti Night Dinner,
Chefs GeoYota/Motorpig77,
JFanaselle bringing his sausage.
Need for sides dishes this evening
Monday night: - "KOREAN BBQ" night.
Chefs TurtleX/GeoXplorer
CKayaks is Assistant #1
Need 1 more assistant for sides dishes this evening
Tuesday night: Potluck MEXICAN theme.
No CHEFS bring whatcha want share or not up to you
Wednesday morning breakfast: Peanut Butter Pancake Breakfast,
Chefs GeoYota/Knightrider
NorCal / Socal Guys/Gals.......
Can we fill in a couple of ASSISTANTS for these nights?
Assist with veggies needed
Let me know via cell/text or PM ,
I can bring a lemon/olive oil/garlic/green olive couscous dish for Saturday Salmon Night. Should pair well..
If we do Tuesday Mexi-Potluck, I can bring a kick-ass bean/corn/cilantro side dish with tortilla chips. Let me know.....
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I can bring a lemon/olive oil/garlic/green olive couscous dish for Saturday Salmon Night. Should pair well..
If we do Tuesday Mexi-Potluck, I can bring a kick-ass bean/corn/cilantro side dish with tortilla chips. Let me know.....
Speaking from a completely selfish point of view because I want to taste both dishes, I'll step way out of line and out of my pay grade here and "let you know" to make both dishes!!! ;-)
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I will prepare a dutch-oven cheese enchilada casserole side dish for Tuesday night. I will also bring garlic bread for Italian dinner night.
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Here's an article that summarizes the rainfall events and damage that Death Valley National Park received during October. http://www.pe.com/articles/castle-784650-park-wines.html?page=1
They're calling it a 1000 year flood event, with almost 3 inches of rain dumped over one area in just about 5 hours. Fortunately for us and for this trip, most of the rain and damage occurred in the Scotty's Castle and Furnace Creek areas, which are southeast of our intended route. We could end up seeing some pretty badly damaged routes along the eastern-most reaches of our trip, especially near Ubehebe Crater, but most of our route seems to have been spared from the hardest hitting rain.
Also fortunately for us, the heavy rain events that hit the Mojave (the community of Mojave) and Tehachapi Pass areas about 12 days ago (the ones that stranded hundreds of cars along Hwy 58 in heavy mud flows) also stayed a good distance away from Panamint Valley and the northern reaches of DV National Park.
All in all, seems like things could have been much worse in terms of this trip.
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I will prepare a dutch-oven cheese enchilada casserole side dish for Tuesday night. I will also bring garlic bread for Italian dinner night.
Sage, if youre referring to the spaghetti night, I already have the garlic bread covered. No need for both of us to bring it and have it go to waste. Thanks though!
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Sage, if youre referring to the spaghetti night, I already have the garlic bread covered. No need for both of us to bring it and have it go to waste. Thanks though!
OK. How about some chianti?
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OK. How about some chianti?
Note that's a great idea!
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Fava beans?
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Panamint Springs weather for November 2015
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Shaping up to be PERFECT out there!
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If I remember right....
we used 2 store bought faggots per night.
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And we will have a fire each night. Sat,Sun,Mon,Tues
If each rig brings one bundle that would be great. 16 bundles(someone will forget)
If we figure 3 each night then we have a great fire with 4 bundles left over.
if you dont want to carry it home it can be donated at the Saline Valley Hot Springs.
Or to GeoXplorer who will stay in the valley and extra 2 nights or so.
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So this happened....
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All the SoCal guys should just stop by the duffman and rob his woodpile.
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I have no trip reports to date(from Death valley NPS,Facebook,salineValley website or others) indicating that the road from Tea Kettle Junction through Ubehebe Crater and North on Big Pine RD to Crankshaft junction and over to S. Erureka Dunes road is open or more importantly PASSABLE.
I have yellow highlighted last years loop and used RED pen within to indicate currently NonPassable roads on our proposed route.
Stay tuned.......
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RaceTrack on 10/26/2015
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This is an AWESOME video of the events these past few weeks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgfpPBOOyo0
another new one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrVHp2be8J4
and another
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8-YX-EweCI
Nice trip report from DennisMC in the park from 17-24 october
Posted on Expedition Portal 10/30/2015
By dennismc
I was in Death Valley from the 17th through the 24th. Came over Steele to the springs. The steps are a little more challenging as most of the rock fill is gone but at most it only took me 5 minutes to get through. The rest of the road over Steele is in good shape until you get to the upper springs and then the road gets very hard to follow, tracks going in all directions and many false paths. Took several hours of following a track down a wash only to find a gulley or wash out. Met up with 2 other vehicles at Marble bath and after a while we would spread out and find a path and got to the middle springs, took several hours and I have gone into the springs this way probably 10 times so I know the way.
Not technically difficult just time consuming finding a through though this will change as vehicles go in and out and reestablish a path. Got a lot of wind and some rain over the weekend and had a spectacular lightning show Sunday night which turned out to be the storm that devastated Scotty's castle. Left
Monday for the racetrack, valley floor in very nice shape with a couple of washouts to keep you alert and went up Lippencott. No real issues other than 1 spot in the rocky middle section where a lot of dirt and rocks have built up to create an off camber area. Caught up with a quartet of Toyota's that had been at the springs and talked for a spell at the racetrack which was under a fair amount of water at the south end, enough to cover all the tracks and all but the largest rocks. The water disappeared about halfway to the grandstand.
Followed the Toyota's out, they went straight at Teakettle and I turned up to go out over Hunter mountain. Going across Hidden valley the silt pit has turned into a mud bog which was interesting, as at a guess it was 2 plus feet deep and about 150 feet long. I drive a 2001 Xterra with 2" body, 3" suspension lift, full Shrockworks skids, sliders, ft and rear bumpers, front Aussie locker, 33/10.5/15 BFG mud terrains, etc, Wallowed around quit a bit but got through ok if not a bit muddier. Going up and over Hunter there were no tracks since the last rain storm so I wasn't sure what to expect.
What I got was a lot of rocks and brush on the road with a few corner washouts but nothing too washed out that I couldn't get by. Once at the top came across numerous mud bogs that seemed to get a little bigger and deeper as I went. Made it through and out without any major mishaps and got to the hiway where I aired up and took some pictures of my quit muddy truck. Spent the night at Panamint springs and after talking to Noah the next morning found out Goler was not going to be done this trip as the previous day a motorcyclist had come through and shown him pictures of gullys 6ft deep and 6 ft across and a lot of rockfall in the canyon.
Went up to Minnietta cabin for the night and did some exploring in the area. Next day went up Pleasant canyon and Middle park and then up to Telescope and stayed at Mahogony flat campground, beautiful but cold at night. Left the next morning and explored one side road just down from the Kilns then went up to Augerberry pt for some pictures of Badwater under water then into Furnace creek. Next morning up to Dantes for a view of Badwater from the other side then into Greenwater/Furnace creek wash area which I had wanted to explore for a while but had always just passed through. Fun to explore and the roads were in great shape.
Spent all afternoon following roads all over to what was out there, which isn't much anymore then continued south to Deadman's pass, east into the Amargosa Valley. Hadn't thought about it as I was just kinda winging it as to where I went and got lucky as I hit pavement because I was just up the road from the Amargosa river and luckily the road was on the high side, could not have crossed after all the rain.
Went down to Shosone for a quick lunch and fill up of the gas tanks then headed north, stopped at Death Valley junction and thought about staying at the hotel but decided to head back into Death Valley. Have been wanting to go out over Echo Pass for a while, having come into the valley coming down Echo I always wanted to try up so I drove up to see what the condition of the road was like, all the morning reports had the Greenvalley/Furnace creek road closed as well as Echo canyon, and both road were in great shape, Echo was nicer than warm springs road into Butte valley, so I continued up to the dry falls to take a look. A little intimidating but did a little rock stacking and 20 minutes later I was heading to Beatty for the night.
Stayed at the Atomic Inn which is a nice inexpensive little hotel and after checking in headed out to eat. Imagine my surprise when I step out and who's parked just across the street, James and Monika in the TurtleV. I had never met them before but had seen them at Expo and read about their travels. They invited me in and we talked for quit a while but I still had to get some dinner so off for pizza and beer.
If you've not had the chance to spend any time in Beatty it's an interesting little town , lot of characters in the bar that night. Next morning went back into the valley through Titus canyon which is always a nice drive, road was a little rough in places but nothing too serious. At this point it was time to start heading out of the valley. Stopped at Panamint springs for a burger and beer then headed over to Darwin falls and up the hill to China Garden springs, haven't been there in a few years and was surprised by how much growth both in and around the spring, not a lot of room for the koi and gold fish, very overgrown.
Went out through Darwin which is always an interesting town to drive through, people live there but are rarely seen and the feeling is that many eyes are always following you. After hitting pavement did one last detour before heading towards hiway395 and stopped at the site of U2's Joshua tree which has been fallen down for many years but there's a chest with a lot of memorabilia and pictures and things that fans have left over the years.
At this point it was time to head into Lone Pine for a room and dinner and back home the next day. Had another very full but rewarding trip to Death Valley, missed spending time in Butte Valley because of road conditions and all but this forced me into seeing parts of the park that I either had never seen or hadn't seen in a long time
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Speaking from a completely selfish point of view because I want to taste both dishes, I'll step way out of line and out of my pay grade here and "let you know" to make both dishes!!! ;-)
I'll make both ;) I'm not a great cook, so lower your expectations. All I'll promise is that you will stay warm from the beans that night. ;D
I will prepare a dutch-oven cheese enchilada casserole side dish for Tuesday night.
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From what I can tell :
Fishy Night has fish and couscous. Is anybody bringing something to pair with this? If not, I'll also bring a white bean salad. (Yes, I'm willing to bring two dishes - 1. To make sure there is plenty of food and 2. 'Cuz I don't like fish)
Spagetti Night is fully nailed down
Korean BBQ Night - Looks like we have 3 chefs - so is this covered?
Mexi Night has bean/corn salad, chips, and cheese enchilada casserole. Is anybody bringing something else?
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Is everyone still in for a Friday departure
and Friday night meeting in Panamint Springs?
Standup and be counted
ChrisHaynesUSA - IN
CKayaks -- IN
KindofaBigDeal -- IN
GeoXplorer -- IN
GeoYota -- IN
JFanaselle - IN
knightrider -- IN
"M" ---- IN
Motorpig77 -- IN
PainRoller Fixitguy -- IN IN
Sage Bromax -- IN
snelltaylor -- IN
Shift_X -- IN
TurtleX -- IN
I'll leave the light on........
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Planning to arrive in Panamint Springs by 6:00 pm. This is going to be a loooooong work week!
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That's why I called in sick today. Had some things to take care of, and my boss wasn't going to be in either.
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I'm projecting getting there around 739
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I'm projecting getting there around 739
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Should we start a gambling pool?
I'll bet Grooters shows up at 6:42 PM
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As this trip approaches I would like to remind everyone that the Scandinavian pumpkin scrape is in full effect. As the official trail leader I can guarantee happiness and general smiles through the trip. However, I also plan on making sport of chrishaynesusa. Any and all personnel using to much seriousness and responsibility will be forthwith giving more responsibilities and asked questions for which I am not privy to. Last but not least I expect each and every one of you to use the age old motto of the deserts of California. " when the going gets dirty, plan according to Slippery clam steaks"
See you all Friday!!
Your fearless leader (and kinda a big deal)
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Final list at the wire.....
ChrisHaynesUSA - IN
CKayaks -- IN
KindofaBigDeal -- IN
GeoXplorer -- IN
GeoYota -- IN
JFanaselle - IN
knightrider -- IN
"M" ---- IN
Motorpig77 -- IN
PainRoller Fixitguy -- IN IN
Sage Bromax -- IN
snelltaylor -- IN
Shift_X -- IN
TurtleX -- IN
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If people can bring 2 bundles of wood that should get us through the cold desert nights.
camping elevations will be as follows
Homestake camp 3770 feet
Eureka Dunes 3200 feet
Hot springs 1380 feet elevation
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If people can bring 2 bundles of wood that should get us through the cold desert nights.
camping elevations will be as follows
Homestake camp 3770 feet
Eureka Dunes 3200 feet
Hot springs 1380 feet elevation
Cold it will be...
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Dress warmly, we must.
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No such thing as bad weather, only poor clothing choices :-*
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Lily just helped me put the RTT back on. Now just to spoil up my winch, install rad and eng skid, buy groceries, adjust front coils to account for new front bumper, install new yaesu radio..... Just call me captain procrastinator.
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No such thing as bad weather, only poor clothing choices :-*
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^^^ I couldn't remember where that quote came from. Thanks Christiaan!
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^^^ I couldn't remember where that quote came from. Thanks Christiaan!
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PARKS AND RECREATION IS TOP 5 ALL TIME COMEDY SHOWS FOR ME!
Ron Swanson played an crucial role in that.
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PARKS AND RECREATION IS TOP 5 ALL TIME COMEDY SHOWS FOR ME!
Ron Swanson played an crucial role in that.
*Self moderating <--- look how far we've come
Response moved to the The anti-thread jack thread (http://www.sccxterra.com/smf/index.php/topic,3065.120.html)
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I'm bringing my geology flashcard deck.
so we can all play stump the Geologist
Name tags made with attaching blue lanyards
Laminated cards made for everyone also has callsigns.
some people prefer I not put callsign on a public forum so i will hand these out at panamint springs
Laminated card made with Sage Bromax radio information.
Everyone is also issued 4 blue marbles
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Woohoo! ;D
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Everyone is also issued 4 blue marbles
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....and the significance is?
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Sounds like it's in case somebody looses their marbles they can be found???
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....and the significance is?
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It's a surprise, but if you want to be spoiled, clicky the box
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I am also bringing salsa to go with the carne.
And chianti to go with the spaghetti.
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UPDATED MENU OF DELICIOUSNESS:
Saturday Fish Night = Salmon, Couscous, and White Bean Salad
Sunday Spagetti Night = Spagetti w/Sauce, Sausage, and Bread (ummmmm and SIX LITERS OF CHIANTI) >:D
Monday Korean BBQ Night = KBBQ, Grilled Veggies, Rice
Tuesday Mexi Potluck Night = 10 lbs Carne Asada, Grilled Onions, Flour Tortillas, Guacamole, Shredded Cheese, Bean/Corn Salad, Chips and Salsa, possibly corn tortillas?
Wednesday morning = Peanut Butter Pancake Feast of Joy
Is anybody bringing anything else? Did I miss your dish? Let me know and I'll update accordingly. ;D ;D
Mad props to all contributors! :-*
Thank you to those who are providing grills and propane. :-*
And thank you to those helping with prep and cleanup. :-*
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T-minus 24 hours.
Giggity...
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Giggity...
Sir... per the definition of the California Department of Motor Vehicles (in multiple examples), your statement is inappropriate:
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clothing for cold weather check
lashing for tent in the howling wind check
spare jerrycans of gas check
sleeping bag for cold weather check
shower gear and towels for wonderful hot showers at the saline valley hot springs Check
camera check
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clothing for cold weather check
lashing for tent in the howling wind check
spare jerrycans of gas check
sleeping bag for cold weather check
shower gear and towels for wonderful hot showers at the saline valley hot springs Check
camera check
XL bag of patience.
Check... ;)
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XL bag of patience.
Check... ;)
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we spell that Xanax........
I am going to be the back of the bus for this trip.
Danny is out fearless leader.
How could there possibly be any stress?
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UPDATED MENU OF DELICIOUSNESS:
Saturday Fish Night = Salmon, Couscous, and White Bean Salad
Sunday Spagetti Night = Spagetti w/Sauce, Sausage, and Bread (ummmmm and SIX LITERS OF CHIANTI)
Monday Korean BBQ Night = KBBQ, Grilled Veggies, Rice
Tuesday Mexi Potluck Night = 10 lbs Carne Asada, Grilled Onions, Flour and Corn Tortillas, Guacamole, Shredded Cheese, Black Beans, Bean/Corn Salad, Chips and Salsa, and Melissa's Margaritas!!!
Wednesday morning = Peanut Butter Pancake Feast of Joy
Is anybody bringing anything else? Did I miss your dish? Let me know and I'll update accordingly. ;D ;D
Mad props to all contributors! :-*
Thank you to those who are providing grills and propane. :-*
And thank you to those helping with prep and cleanup. :-*
I don't know who Melissa is, but she is bringing Cheese and Margaritas - so she's Aces in my book!!
(I am bringing SOOOOO many cans of beans!! - cue the famous Blazing Saddles scene......) ::) ::)
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Just a pro tip I figure out.
If you have an Amazon Prime account, you automatically have Prime Music.
You can download all sorts of music for offline playback!
This is helpful because we will have ZERO cell phone coverage.
And podcast of course. Don't forget those.
Everyone in the world may already know this, but I didn't and I though I'd share. See you guys tomorrow.
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Satellite radio works anywhere.
Death valley road (Big Pine) is now declared open!!
That means this loop is possible from last year.
https://www.facebook.com/DeathValleyRoadConditions (https://www.facebook.com/DeathValleyRoadConditions)
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I can't remember a thread that has the same maps posted so many times. I think if I ever did this run I can do it from memory alone. I think I have the weather forecast memorized as well.
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I can't remember a thread that has the same maps posted so many times. I think if I ever did this run I can do it from memory alone. I think I have the weather forecast memorized as well.
The road conditions have changed pretty much daily...the updates are helpful to see what loop we will be able to complete. >:D
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have fun and be safe you guys/gals!!!
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Have a safe and fun trip fellas. Looking forward to seeing pictures and updated actual road conditions as I'm planning to be up there between Christmas/New Years.
You're guys' menu looks ridiculously delicious! Wish I was tagging along this one... >:(
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Have fun guys, be safe.
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Have fun y'all!
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I am disappointed that we have not seen any pics.
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Trips not over till tomorrow.
I broke the A frame welds to the trailer.
On wash boards going from Homestake camp to teakettle junction. we flag down 3 jeeps they came by and we ask if they had a welder on board and they did.
Rewelded A frame to trailer.
Reinforced with two highlift bars. And strapped to the trailer.
I limped out race track road to ubehebe crater and pavement with CKAYAKS.
He followed me to stove pipe well and to panamint springs.
Then on to lone pine. We got motel. I will nurse it home tomorrow
CKAYAKS will go back in to saline valley through the north pass an meet the other 12 rigs.
Going up lippencott Mine Road with 14 Rigs and me at the back of the bus with the trailer was epic.
Kudos to everyone in this fine group. Collectively everyone and their skills helped this old guy get back out of death valley national park.
My hat is off to everyone in this group
From Chris:
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Just got back from the trip.
It was FREAKING AWESOME!
Here are some teaser pics to tie you guys over
Leaving Eureka Dunes this morning.
From 70 and sunny to COLD and windy really quickly
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Having lunch before Lippincott Pass
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Heading up to Steel Pass
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Nice pics
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As Steve C said, the trip was AWESOME! About half of the group peeled off a day early and came home out the north pass (including me), while the other half went back up through steel pass and back to the hot springs for another night, so we won't be hearing from them until probably Wednesday evening. The road conditions changed the route a little and we didn't get to run any of the northeasterly routes, but it sure was amazing none the less. I took literally hundreds of photos and will be going through them at some point today and will try to get some of them posted up by this evening. I didn't get home until pretty late last night and haven't started unpacking gear or cleaning anything up.
CHUSA - Glad to see you made it back today. It is unbelievable what a bunch of genius minds can come up with out there in the middle of nowhere when repairs need to be made. I'm proud to say that's my black hi-lift beam on your trailer ;D Thanks for putting this trip together and I'm very sorry you couldn't finish it out, but glad to hear you made it back safely.
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Good times for sure...on behalf of Daphne and I....thank you to everyone that planned,, guided, laminated, cooked, alluvial fanned, wrenched, hammered, grunted, drank, ate, laughed, spotted and radioed.
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Death Valley....we shall return.
Sent from Cygnus X-1
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Rock n roll, Glad you guys had fun
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Ace, will be there tomorrow night!! :)
So I have Joe's Highlift bar and who's is the other one?
So I can replace it or send the bar back down?
I am needing some pictures desperately......
Joe and Roy and I and our back up safety "CKayaks" limped back to Ubehebe crater Sunday evening.
That 20 miles was kinda stressful. the last 5 miles had really washed out roads and it bounced us a little.
We came upon a Nissan Sedan with two foreign tourist with a baby in the back child restraint seat.
we stopped and they asked if this road lead to the racetrack.
I told them to turn around and that they were not prepared for the road(don't know why the first 5 miles did not dissuade them).
It was night at this point and they had no food or water or recovery equipment and the temperature would soon be freezing.
they chose to ignore my warning.
We got to Ubehebe crater and Roy peed in it a second time( he was very proud of that).
We aired back up to 40 psi and hit dry pavement for the rest of the trip home. I was able to do 40-45 back to stovepipe wells where we gassed up and went back through Panamint Springs and back to Lone pine where we stayed the night.
Super big thank you to CKayaks who drove slowly with me all the way back and stayed in radio contact with me the whole way.
Ham radios are MONEY!!!!.
Monday morning we got up and had breakfast at the motel and I rewired the trailer cable back together.
SO now I had brakes and lights!! we drove out of Lone pine and back to Paso Robles Monday night and then Tuesday we made it home.
I was able to talk to CKayaks(Cass) Tuesday and learned that some of you went home day early and that all souls were safe and had fun.
The bright light streaking in the sky Saturday night was a trident II missile test from a Navy submarine off the coast of Los Angeles. you can google for the story line.
It was an AWESOME sight from the desert.
I cant thank everyone enough for all the help in getting my trailer ready for the trip back home.
I will have to bring a good bottle of scotch for next years trip or perhaps make it down for one of the SCCX runs.
Best regards to ALL
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I found this on Craigslist last night!!
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/pts/5302295095.html (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/pts/5302295095.html)
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This saved my bacon!!!!
( course I do have to learn how to weld) :):)
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ChUSA glad you made it back out. I took was saved my one of those trail stick welder when my shtick bumper decided to come off the frame.
Surprise to see the A break when you have that fancy Offroad ready hitch setup.
What's the plan for improvement? Giant steel plate to gusset the top?
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Build a new A frame with Arabias overkill is the plan.
Gussets? Yes!!
Thicker box beams? Yes!!
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Just a WAG but looking at those pics of the break I would guess maybe too much weight in the trailer and speed=break. It's good you weren't out there by your lonesome that wouldda been a mess.
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Racetrack
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From Cass Kalinski (CKayaks)
North Pass Trip Report:
After dropping Chris off in Lone Pine, I headed back to the hot springs to rejoin the group on Monday. Came in through Big Pine, down Waocoba road and Saline Valley road. Most of the route was good dirt road. I did 40-45mph for about 2/3 of the route. They had the "road closed" signs up at the Waucoba/Saline Valley road intersection, but lots of tire tracks going around that. There were also "road closed" signs at 168/Waucoba Road, but those just warned that the road to Scotty's Castle was closed twenty something miles ahead.
The canyon coming down from North Pass into the upper end of Saline Valley was a bit washed out for a few miles, but nothing I could not get through in two wheel drive. Bumpy and minor rutting.
There was one large washout about 16 miles north of the hot springs. It was located in a deep dip in the road. I was cruising at 45mph when I approached it. Luckily, it was marked with a cone on the north side and a log sticking out of a pile of rocks on the south side. That gave me enough time to hit the brakes. I would have ended up butt in the air if I had slide into that coming over the rise at that speed. A path around had been rocked up by prior travelers.
All in all, no problems coming and going via North Pass out of Saline Valley.
I did find it humorous to pull into the group camp at the hot springs and see almost the same group of McGiver's working on the Tacoma. Didn't I just leave this scene yesterday?? Deja vue!
I'll leave it to others to report on the repairs and other parts of the trip. Great time! Thank you Chris for organizing and Danny for leading us through.
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Three more came out just now
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Tony Danny and Melissa
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Very glad to see it worked out OK, I'm loving the photos of how wide open it is on the racetrack.
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I'll get some photos up tomorrow...still on the road home.
Sent from Cygnus X-1
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I made it home about an hour ago (7:15 p.m.). We left the hot springs around 9:30 this morning. Still decompressing from the drive. Photos tomorrow.
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Just a reminder. Pictures belong in the pictures section, thread has already been started by our resident photographer, Joe.
http://sccxterra.com/smf/index.php?topic=3402.msg38706.msg#38706
Sent from my rooftop tent while stargazing
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Atta Boy Jordan, befitting of the 'Amin' moniker ;D
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Atta Boy Jordan, befitting of the 'Amin' moniker ;D
Couldn't agree more....Amin!