Name: Date adjustment- Nov 23-27 Death Valley Thanksgiving week Road Trip
Start: 2024-11-23T07:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-11-27T19:00:00-08:00

Lowest, Hottest and Driest place in the lower 48. Designated Gold Tier highest level by the International Dark-Sky Association.

Limited food options inside park. Best to bring from Bay area. The general store has some food items but not a supermarket. Restaurant on-site.

We will rotate driving as this is a very long trip.
Carpool link
https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/8ahu3s

Itinerary:

**Nov 23 Saturday**

9 hours of driving

Leave at 930 am

Drive for 4 hours then Lunch at
Frugatti's
https://frugattis.com/mobile/menu.html
https://maps.app.goo.gl/LxbfYmv5gvs5zdBY8
8109 Brimhall Rd, Bakersfield, CA 93312

Drive 3 hours to
Death valley National Park sign

Dinner
Panamint springs restaurant
40440 CA-190, Darwin, CA 93522

Ranch at Death Valley
Inside Death Valley Park
Nov 23-27, 2024
2 queen beds/room
Prepare to share a bed with another person of same sex and/or share room with opposite sex
Pool, restaurant, gas, general store on site
CA-190, DEATH VALLEY, CA 92328

**November 24 Sunday**

Breakfast
Leave by 9 am

Badwater basin trail
2 miles out and back
Lowest point in North America at 282 ft below sea level
Wear shoes you won't mind getting wet- potential to walk on salt flats
https://www.alltrails.com/ar/trail/us/california/badwater-basin-salt-flats-trail

Natural Bridge trail
1.4 miles roundtrip
https://www.alltrails.com/ar/trail/us/california/death-valley-natural-bridge-road

Devil's Golf course

Artists Palette Drive
9 mile drive - series of hills in pastel hues colored by oxidation and weathering

Furnace creek visitor center
We will watch the videos and take pictures next to the famous thermometer

Salt creek - boardwalk where you may see the death valley fish

? Consider driving back to hotel if too hot then drive out again later in the afternoon

1 hour from hotel
Dante's view point for sunset

**November 25 Monday**

Sunrise at Zabrieskie Point
Need to leave hotel at 530 am
Watch sunrise, then drive to

Mosaic canyon
We will only do 2 miles out and back
https://www.alltrails.com/ar/trail/us/california/mosaic-canyon-trail

Back to hotel for breakfast

Wild rose Charcoal kilns
Built in 1877, these Beehive-shaped kilns were used to create Charcoal forlocal mining operations
https://maps.app.goo.gl/9z5toRPmCdZAWcXR7

Mesquite dunes for sunset
Stargazing

**November 26 Tuesday**
Very Long Day
Tentative itinerary if we get a 4WD car rental
Bring packed lunch

Ubehebe crater
2 miles around the crater or can go down to bottom
https://maps.app.goo.gl/WnLBnuJSmEyXBv347

Drive to Eureka Dunes and Race track
About 130 miles are in dirt road. We will be going only at 20 miles an hour, reducing the tire pressure by 25-30%.

**November 27 Wednesday**

Leave at 830 am

3 hour drive to
Dewars candy shop for peanut chews
2700 Calloway Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93312

Late lunch at Harris Ranch Kitchen
24505 W Dorris Ave, Coalinga, CA 93210

Quick stop at Pea Soup Andersen's for Pea soup (to go)
12411 CA-33, Santa Nella, CA 95322

Cost
Accommodations, park pass $525
Not included- Gas, food, incidentals
Venmo @Lang-Moreno to be moved to \*going" list

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