Jim & Lyndi ZR-1 Road Trip to Death Valley and The Grand Canyon - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

QB93Z · 04-01-2022

Day 8: Sight seeing in Death Valley

We drove back towards Beatty on the Nevada side of Death Valley and went to the abandoned mining town of Rhyolite, NV. The town was working mines in 1907 but the ore ran out or cost to much dig out and the town was abandoned.

There is an effort underway to restore the train station but progress is slow:

The weather in Death Valley has been wonderful. Late March is a good time to visit. The high temperatures have been in the 70's. In the summer time the temps in the valley are routinely over 110 degrees.

Driving in Death Valley is fun. The Park Service has done an excellent job of maintaining the roads and services. Some of the roads have long descending slope that you don't notice until you realize that you have "coasted" up to high speed. It is not advised to "ride the brakes" due to over heating so it is best to act like a truck and down shift to a lower gear.

Even though there is very little plant life in the Valley, this time of year has a lot of pollen in the air that is trapped in the Valley by the same forces that make the Valley so hot and dry. Lyndi has been suffering from airborne allergies.

Tomorrow we will leave Death Valley and drive to Williams, AZ.

PS-- I had to do make this post at 4 AM. Even though I am using a Verizon HotSpot for WiFi, the HotSpot has to be able to connect to a cellular provider. During the day, there is no reliable cellular connection in the Valley.

Jim

04-01-2022	#11
QB93Z Join Date: May 2007 Location: Westminster, Maryland Posts: 3,689	Re: Jim & Lyndi ZR-1 Road Trip to Death Valley and The Grand Canyon Day 8: Sight seeing in Death Valley We drove back towards Beatty on the Nevada side of Death Valley and went to the abandoned mining town of Rhyolite, NV. The town was working mines in 1907 but the ore ran out or cost to much dig out and the town was abandoned. There is an effort underway to restore the train station but progress is slow: The weather in Death Valley has been wonderful. Late March is a good time to visit. The high temperatures have been in the 70's. In the summer time the temps in the valley are routinely over 110 degrees. Driving in Death Valley is fun. The Park Service has done an excellent job of maintaining the roads and services. Some of the roads have long descending slope that you don't notice until you realize that you have "coasted" up to high speed. It is not advised to "ride the brakes" due to over heating so it is best to act like a truck and down shift to a lower gear. Even though there is very little plant life in the Valley, this time of year has a lot of pollen in the air that is trapped in the Valley by the same forces that make the Valley so hot and dry. Lyndi has been suffering from airborne allergies. Tomorrow we will leave Death Valley and drive to Williams, AZ. PS-- I had to do make this post at 4 AM. Even though I am using a Verizon HotSpot for WiFi, the HotSpot has to be able to connect to a cellular provider. During the day, there is no reliable cellular connection in the Valley. Jim