Death Valley

[Ron & Patty]

> Please, will someone share their experiences and advise us on routes
> and campgrounds that will accommodate a 35' PT with a 6V engine?
> Pen & Jim '83 PT35 Benson AZ

Hello Pen & Jim,

While there last year I don't recall any problem with the roads being
to tight or to winding. However, we didn't travel the entire park.
Nor did we stay in a campground there, but did stay just west of Death
Valley in the Panamint Mountains, boondocking in a ghost town called
Ballarat California (population of 1, the Mayor "Rocky").

http://www.ghosttown.info/ca/ballarat/
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ca/ca.html

It is a beautiful place to stay and there are many canyons nearby to
hike or 4-wheel into.

Just north of here is an RV park with 50amp service if you prefer.
You can find the other camping facilities located in the park through
the links some of these sites provide.

http://www.deathvalley.com/reserve/accommodations.shtml

If you 4-wheel you might enjoy the trip up Gohler Canyon to the Barker
Ranch, where the law captured Charlie Manson.

http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/mar/stories/Goler.html
http://www.allthingsjeep.com/sid27112.html

Going into DV from here, you can go north to 190 east, but this is a
steep climb and the 6V will be somewhat slow. We then took the
"North Hwy" north to Scotty's Castle, which is interesting.

http://www.inn-california.com/deserts/In...otty1.html

These are some tall mountains, but worth seeing IMO. Should you end
up near Lake Isabella in this general area, I can assure you to not
take 155 to Hwy 99. It is a nightmare.

Ron
85PT36
Sacramento