Re: Road conditions
Posted by genie on January 03, 2004 at 11:50:36:
In Reply to: Road conditions posted by Rose Guerrieri on December 31, 2003 at 22:55:19:
My kids and I have done quite a bit of DV in the last year in a camry, but about ten years ago when I had a 4 wd vehicle it made those backroads alot easier to traverse. if you can afford the rental, go to the SUV.
As already recommended, Titus would be wonderful in an SUV. We've done all our hikes in sneakers, but again if you can go for the boots, do it.
However, should you opt for passenger car, you can still do many unpaved roads - Charcoal Kilns, Harrisburg Flats, and wonderful hikes like Golden Canyon, Mosaic Canyon, Ubehebe/little hebe. And of course see the more tourist-ed spots like zabriskie, 20 mule team, devils golf course, scottys castle and tour, easy access ghost towns like rhyolite (just outside the park to the north) and ballarat (outside the park toward the south). You must of course look at Badwater and traverse the stovepipe wells sand dunes (we were surprised at the CROWDS there last weekend). On your way in depending on how you are coming from vegas, check out the china date ranch in tecopa and ash meadows wildlife in amaragosa valley.
BTW, was surprised that Amaragosa's Longstreet Inn had partially burnt down !
Genie