Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC Advice on driving trip Palm Springs-Las Vegasplease?

[clyderomero (clyderomero]

There is nothing at DEath Valley
Its a wasted national park in opinon
Clyde
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From: "Charles Perry" <charles [at] carolina-sound.com>

Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:05:18 
To: clyde<clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
Cc: The FerrariList<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC Advice on driving trip Palm Springs-Las Vegas
        please?


I would second Death Valley, although I've never been to the Dam. Even in a 
pretty plain rental car with weak air conditioning, some of the scenery there 
is unparalleled and unlikely due to be duplicated elsewhere on earth.

Plus your car content is that many companies do hot weather testing there... 


 
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-----Original Message-----
From: AutoWorld [at] RoadRunner.com [mailto:autoworld [at] roadrunner.com] 
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 7:49 PM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] NFC Advice on driving trip Palm Springs-Las Vegas please?

Hi Britt. Here's an alternative to the dam idea -- Death Valley National
Park: the lowest, driest, hottest place in the Western Hemisphere (134+ °F /
57+ °C in the summer). If you like geology, vast landscapes, and ever 
57+ wanted
to go, this is the time. I've just returned from a week of tooling around there 
in a 4x4 with my lady (I live 300 miles away on the coast of San Diego). 

You have little time, but there are routes you could take to say you've been 
there. As example: 

http://preview.tinyurl.com/5pw8tc

http://preview.tinyurl.com/6cyp8r

The routes go through a place called Indian Village. Even this area is REMOTE, 
that location has a nice place to stay called the Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch 
Resort. There are a few other places to stay as well. 

Now, if you had a high clearance 2X SUV, and an extra day to spend, there is a 
place north in the valley called The Racetrack Playa. It's an ancient dry lake 
bed where large boulders (some up to 700 lbs) mysteriously move about.
Apparently it's the only place this is known to happen in the world. No one has 
ever seen them move, and scientists do not fully understand how it happens. We 
had to rough it 35 miles to get there, but it was worth it - the place is 
absolutely surreal. I'm going to go back to camp there in the spring during a 
full moon. 

Reference: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/deathvalley/rocks.html

Ferrari content: this is the kind of route where you could easily explore your 
top speed ... and hold it there for a while. 

Just an idea.

Good luck
-Bob Prosser


-----Original Message-----
From: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com [mailto:Britt2Asa [at] aol.com]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 4:07 AM
To: Bob Prosser
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] NFC Advice on driving trip Palm Springs-Las Vegas please?

Hi,
 
Sorry for the NFC but I need some quick advice for a last minute trip to CA 
over the Xmas holidays. I want to go from Palm Springs to Las Vegas with an 
overnight in between. This is more of a scenic driving tour as I haven't seen 
this part of the states from the ground before.
 
Advice? I want to see a little of the Grand Canyon and the Hoover Dan from the 
ground. I only have 48 hours so if I leave Palm Springs in the morning and need 
to be in Vegas the next day by mid-afternoon what route would you suggest?  
Where is a big enough town to overnight in (close to Canyon and or
Dam) for the  first night where I can find a simple Holiday Inn, Hampton Inn or 
similar?
 
Appreciate it if anyone can take the time to drop me a line. Just want to see 
some desert but have to stay on schedule so rather than drive straight through 
I thought I would build in an overnight stop. I see the interstate on  the map 
but there must be a better way?
 
Many thanks
Britt
 
BR in the  UK
1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK 1980 400i (RHD 
74,000 miles) Searching for the right 512TR
2003 BMW 530d
1991  Alfa Spider S4 LHD
1993 Alfa Spider S4 LHD
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