Wow, Dave, did you know that they close down DVNP after Easter for the rest of the summer? It can reach +125F or higher at Easter so be prepared with lots of water. I loved to visit Bodie and Scottie's Castle. I lived in Barstow 1971-1976. The desert was my playground with my old 66 GMC suburban V6.
But been there, done that, and don't miss it! ;-) GL on the sats!
73, Ed - KL7UW
At 09:13 AM 4/21/2011, David Palmer wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Early next week (April 25th) I'll be taking my brother on a tour of the remote backroads of Death Valley National Park, and I'll bring my portable satellite station along. This will primarily be a camping and sightseeing trip, but I'll try to be on a number of morning/evening passes of the linear and FM sats. My tentative plan for now is the following locations and grids:
Sun pm / Mon am: Bodie ghost town or Mono Lake in DM08 on Sunday, Bishop area DM07 Monday. Mon pm / Tue am: Eureka Dunes in DM17 Tue pm / Wed am: Racetrack Playa in DM16 Wed pm / Thu am: Furnace Creek in DM16
My actual real-time location will be updated with the SPOT tracker, you can find the link on my QRZ page.
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