B_and_D
01-16-2004, 11:01 PM
We spent three nights there last week (early January) and are really glad that we went. We wish we were still there!
Somehow, without reservations, we ended up with a great campsite at a place with a huge pool, full hookups (even cable tv), etc. The camping books & internet don't advertise this place as a RV spot, but if you want to camp somewhere there with all the amenities, email us and we'll give you the info. In winter we just wanted to be comfortable!
We absolutely loved Death Valley and would like to go there again, soon. You could spend months there exploring, especially with a 4 WD vehicle. Scotty's Castle was great, even after seeing Hearst Castle 6 days before. We saw the Artist's Palette, Natural Bridge, Badwater (lowest point in the US) and the Ubehebe (sp?) Crater. Climbed the highest sand dune by Stovepipe Wells one afternoon, and climbed them again trying to find our son's glasses early the next morning after we discovered that he'd lost them on the first climb (and subsequent roll down) the dunes.
Needless to say, didn't find them. Worse than a needle in a haystack.
If you're into photography, well, you're in heaven. Especially around sunrise or sunset.
Death Valley is great because even though you can't drive everywhere (and you wouldn't want to, because it would ruin what you go there to see) you can still walk pretty much wherever you want to, and there are SO many 4wd roads you can take off on with old ghost towns, mines, etc. We didn't have time to do many off road adventures but that's what we'd like to do next time we go.
At the pool, we ran into a guy who was taking a high school class on a week's environmental geology class. He also recommended the Inyo Mine road and Darwin Creek, but we didn't have time to go to those. Death Valley is HUGE.
Definitely worth seeing.
Somehow, without reservations, we ended up with a great campsite at a place with a huge pool, full hookups (even cable tv), etc. The camping books & internet don't advertise this place as a RV spot, but if you want to camp somewhere there with all the amenities, email us and we'll give you the info. In winter we just wanted to be comfortable!
We absolutely loved Death Valley and would like to go there again, soon. You could spend months there exploring, especially with a 4 WD vehicle. Scotty's Castle was great, even after seeing Hearst Castle 6 days before. We saw the Artist's Palette, Natural Bridge, Badwater (lowest point in the US) and the Ubehebe (sp?) Crater. Climbed the highest sand dune by Stovepipe Wells one afternoon, and climbed them again trying to find our son's glasses early the next morning after we discovered that he'd lost them on the first climb (and subsequent roll down) the dunes.
Needless to say, didn't find them. Worse than a needle in a haystack.
If you're into photography, well, you're in heaven. Especially around sunrise or sunset.
Death Valley is great because even though you can't drive everywhere (and you wouldn't want to, because it would ruin what you go there to see) you can still walk pretty much wherever you want to, and there are SO many 4wd roads you can take off on with old ghost towns, mines, etc. We didn't have time to do many off road adventures but that's what we'd like to do next time we go.
At the pool, we ran into a guy who was taking a high school class on a week's environmental geology class. He also recommended the Inyo Mine road and Darwin Creek, but we didn't have time to go to those. Death Valley is HUGE.
Definitely worth seeing.