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Mark your calendar for April 21-24, and book your rooms now. SCMM is returning to Death Valley. The trip includes two nights in Death Valley, and one night in Lone Pine.We’re looking at stops at Badwater, Dante’s View, Rhyolite ghost town, the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes and more. Our third night will be in Lone Pine along the Eastern Sierra. We’ll take in a movie that night at the Lone Pine Film History Museum. Don’t miss it!
Lodging Details:
April 21&22
Stovepipe Wells Motel
51880 Hwy 190, Death Valley
Tel. 760-786-7090April 23
Dow Villa Motel
310 South Main St., Lone Pine
Tel. 760-876-5521Death Valley Caravan:
April 21
Krispy Kreme, 4485 Mills Circle, Ontario Mills, CA 91764Meet at 9:00; leave at 9:30
Lunch at The Mad Greek Cafe in Baker
We’re less than 2 weeks shy of our Death Valley / Eastern Sierras Run! This should be great fun and we’re looking forward to it with you all! We just wanted to provide a few details, and to see if you have any questions.
We’ll follow up with another email within the next week with the route, map and GPX file in case you want to load it into your favorite GPS device.
Here’s the itinerary:
Day One (Thursday)
meet at the Krispy Kreme at Ontario Mills at 0900; leave at 1000
lunch at the Mad Greek Cafe in Baker
stop in Shoshone for gas and bladder relief
then…
Bad Water Basin (282 feet below sea level).
Artist Palette Drive
Oasis (Furnace Creek) Resort to the hotel bar for a drink (very cool hotel).
to Stovepipe Wells to check into the motel.
dinner at the Stovepipe Motel or at the Oasis ResortOn Day 2 (Friday) things to see include:
breakfast at hotel
gather at 0900; leave at 0930
Dante’s View
Rhyolite Ghost Town
Zabriskie Point
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
Ubehebe Crater
what a day!!!
back to Stovepipe
dinner at Stovepipe or at the Oasis ResortDay 3 (Saturday)
breakfast
gather at 0900; leave at 0930
head to Lone Pine
Father Crowley Overlook
this is Star Wars Canyon. We may get lucky and see Air Force fighter pilots make passes through the canyon.
lunch in Lone Pine.
visit the Film History Museum; watch a short film about the history of Alabama Hills and the films made there.
visit Manzanar National Historic Site
dinner in Lone Pine – likely Seasons Restaurant, or Lone Pine Smokehouse, or Pizza FactoryDay 4 (Sunday)
breakfast
enjoy the drive home!Here’s the current list of attendees:
Andy Russell
George (sat)?
Jeffrey Goldman
Allan Hanson & Marie
Jim & Debbie Everett
Scott & ?
Pat & Roger
Tom & Patti
Craig & Cecilia
Demi Kourtesi
Michelle Lupinetti & Chris
Michael Garcia
Sue & Ken Green?If you know anybody we’ve missed, let us know!
Oh wait, there’s MORE!
We’ll be using WhatsApp to stay in touch, talk about departure times, share photos and coordinate meet-up points along the trip. You should have received the invitation to join that list already, but if not, send me your phone number if you aren’t already on the list.
And…
Send me your emergency contact just in case we need it…One last thing…
Check this Instagram link out just to whet your appetite… very cool photo essay on Death Valley:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZUtTjfhoEo/From Events Master Craig Williams:
We’re less than 2 weeks shy of our Death Valley / Eastern Sierras Run! This should be great fun and we’re looking forward to it with you all! We just wanted to provide a few details, and to see if you have any questions.
We’ll follow up with another email within the next week with the route, map and GPX file in case you want to load it into your favorite GPS device.
Here’s the itinerary:
Day One (Thursday)
meet at the Krispy Kreme at Ontario Mills at 0900; leave at 1000
lunch at the Mad Greek Cafe in Baker
stop in Shoshone for gas and bladder relief
then…
Bad Water Basin (282 feet below sea level).
Artist Palette Drive
Oasis (Furnace Creek) Resort to the hotel bar for a drink (very cool hotel).
to Stovepipe Wells to check into the motel.
dinner at the Stovepipe Motel or at the Oasis ResortOn Day 2 (Friday) things to see include:
breakfast at hotel
gather at 0900; leave at 0930
Dante’s View
Rhyolite Ghost Town
Zabriskie Point
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
Ubehebe Crater
what a day!!!
back to Stovepipe
dinner at Stovepipe or at the Oasis ResortDay 3 (Saturday)
breakfast
gather at 0900; leave at 0930
head to Lone Pine
Father Crowley Overlook
this is Star Wars Canyon. We may get lucky and see Air Force fighter pilots make passes through the canyon.
lunch in Lone Pine.
visit the Film History Museum; watch a short film about the history of Alabama Hills and the films made there.
visit Manzanar National Historic Site
dinner in Lone Pine – likely Seasons Restaurant, or Lone Pine Smokehouse, or Pizza FactoryDay 4 (Sunday)
breakfast
enjoy the drive home!Here’s the current list of attendees:
Andy Russell
George (sat)?
Jeffrey Goldman
Allan Hanson & Marie
Jim & Debbie Everett
Scott & ?
Pat & Roger
Tom & Patti
Craig & Cecilia
Demi Kourtesi
Michelle Lupinetti & Chris
Michael Garcia
Sue & Ken Green?If you know anybody we’ve missed, let us know!
Oh wait, there’s MORE!
We’ll be using WhatsApp to stay in touch, talk about departure times, share photos and coordinate meet-up points along the trip. You should have received the invitation to join that list already, but if not, send me your phone number if you aren’t already on the list.
And…
Send me your emergency contact just in case we need it…One last thing…
Check this Instagram link out just to whet your appetite… very cool photo essay on Death Valley:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZUtTjfhoEo/
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