So I'm the crazy one that's going to go to Death Valley this coming week when it's going to be 120 degrees! As a California firefighter I'm just glad to get a break from being held on duty and need a few days away from everything, DV seems about it!
I plan on staying at the Panamint Springs RV Park. That way I'm not towing all the grades into the valley itself. Plus they seem to have a decent restaurant and bar there, not that I'll be drinking. Has anyone stayed there recently? I've heard about voltage spike problems and was planning on taking a surge protector with me.
Any inside info for this RV park would be nice. Plus those that know me on here, at least I can't drown in DV like I almost did in Zion NP a few weeks ago! Let the vultures start circling!
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SoCalRailFan wrote: So I'm the crazy one that's going to go to Death Valley this coming week when it's going to be 120 degrees! As a California firefighter I'm just glad to get a break from being held on duty and need a few days away from everything, DV seems about it!
I plan on staying at the Panamint Springs RV Park. That way I'm not towing all the grades into the valley itself. Plus they seem to have a decent restaurant and bar there, not that I'll be drinking. Has anyone stayed there recently? I've heard about voltage spike problems and was planning on taking a surge protector with me.
Any inside info for this RV park would be nice. Plus those that know me on here, at least I can't drown in DV like I almost did in Zion NP a few weeks ago! Let the vultures start circling!
In a word - YES!
We ended up on an overnighter in Laughlin last June - was 115 degrees. Miserable AND we even had air conditioning. At 10:00 at night it had only dropped to 112 degrees.
NEVER again. My family cornered me and made me promise to never, ever, EVER put us in heat like that again. I'd have to agree.
Heading towards the coast might be a better idea?
Edit: happy faces added to convey my "tongue in cheek" answer. It looked rather serious without them.
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I'll watch your thread-not to offer advice because I don't have any-but to see how you did and what activities were interesting in the summer. In crowded CA I'm always open to off season ideas. And death valley in the summer is off season
I think Panamint is around 4000' if I remember our January trip, so it "should" be much cooler than Stovepipe, etc. The restaurant wasn't bad, but MAKE SURE you go in with a full tank!!! Panamint is famous even in LA for the highest gas prices anywhere. Can't tell ya about the power other than we ran electric heaters and heat pumps (when it was warm enuf). The Wi-Fi covers pretty well in the campground.
Charcoal kilns are up high and might be a little cooler if you are sight seeing.
Don't miss Titus Canyon, that is my favorite drive.
Keep an ice chest of cool drinks, especially water, while you are running around. Bring a wide brim hat.
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We were going to just take a drive into the valley one time in early July years ago. We called the park rangers about it, and they were emphatically against it, but said that if we insisted on going in, to take AT LEAST three gallons of water per person (for the one day trip), have a full tank of gas and extra water for the car, check in with the rangers on the way in and leave a written map regarding our planned route (no deviations of any kind), and expected time out so they know exactly when we've become "overdue". They really thought we were nuts, so we decided to go elsewhere instead and save Death Valley for a different time of year.
OMG Death Valley in July. I would think I had gone to hell. Sorry, but this is the very LAST place I would want to go to get away from fires. Good luck with your trip, though.
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Let the vultures start circling!
OMG Death Valley in July. I would think I had gone to hell. Sorry, but this is the very LAST place I would want to go to get away from fires. Good luck with your trip, though.
