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OAUSA Net – November 13, 2014 – Destination Death Valley NP

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:42 pm
by toms
The official start of the "Season" for Death Valley was October 15th. This is a good time to plan your trip to Death Valley whether by passenger car or 4 Wheel drive. There is much to take in, see and do either from the pavement or the backroads. Tonight we will go over the basic of Death Valley and time permitting talk about some of the history.
Below is a list of Top 50 items in Death Valley from a survey. Bold items are ones we have posted pictures of. My additions to the list are:
My Additions
Chloride Cliff
Saline Valley
Warm Springs

Steel & Dedeckera Pass
Striped Butte

Top 50
1. Dante's View
2. Zabriskie Point
3. Titus Canyon (Death Valley Junction)
4. Artist's Drive
5. Badwater
6. Artists Palette
7. Ubehebe Crater
8. The Racetrack

9. Golden Canyon
10. Mosaic Canyon
11. Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
12. Scotty's Castle
13. Twenty Mule Team Canyon
14. Devil's Golf Course
15. Panamint Mountains
16. Eureka Dunes
17. Aguereberry Point
18. Harmony Borax Works
19. Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Death Valley
20. Darwin Falls
21. Stovepipe Wells Village
22. Telescope Peak trail
23. Charcoal Kilns
24. Natural Bridge Canyon
25. Furnace Creek Golf Course
26. Salt Creek
27. Amargosa Opera House
28. Red Pass
29. Skidoo Mill
30. Daylight Pass
31. Father Crowley Vista Point
32. Borax Museum
33. Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Museum
34. Ashford Mill Ruins
35. Hunter Mountain (Death Valley Junction)
36. Lippincott Mine Road
37. Tea Kettle Junction
38. Ballarat Ghost Town
39. Barker Ranch
40. Geologist's Cabin
41. Saratoga Springs
42. Warm Springs Mine
43. Cerro Gordo
44. Funeral Mountains
45. Mengel Pass
46. Briggs Mine
47. Ghost Town of Schwab
48. Keane Wonder Mine (Death Valley Junction)
49. The Devil's Speedway
50. Keystone Mine

Re: OAUSA Net – November 13, 2014 – Destination Death Valley NP

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 2:27 pm
by toms
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Re: OAUSA Net – November 13, 2014 – Destination Death Valley NP

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:24 pm
by toms
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Re: OAUSA Net – November 13, 2014 – Destination Death Valley NP

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:30 pm
by toms
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Re: OAUSA Net – November 13, 2014 – Destination Death Valley NP

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:37 pm
by toms
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Re: OAUSA Net – November 13, 2014 – Destination Death Valley NP

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:38 pm
by toms
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Re: OAUSA Net – November 13, 2014 – Destination Death Valley NP

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 10:57 pm
by cruiserlarry
Amazing place....looking forward to the net :D
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Re: OAUSA Net – November 13, 2014 – Destination Death Valley NP

Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:25 am
by NotAMog
Are we starting web check-ins with this net?

I'd like to request a check-in for myself KD6GCO and for KN6VL. I expect to be on Keller but it will be after check-in.

Thanks,

Re: OAUSA Net – November 13, 2014 – Destination Death Valley NP

Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 10:02 am
by DaveK
NotAMog wrote:Are we starting web check-ins with this net?

I'd like to request a check-in for myself KD6GCO and for KN6VL. I expect to be on Keller but it will be after check-in.

Thanks,

Bruce

This is the right place to get an early check-in. We have you and John logged-in. Thanks!

Re: OAUSA Net – November 13, 2014 – Destination Death Valley NP

Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 3:58 pm
by KK6GFF
Please pre-check me in, Roger KK6GFF, West LA.

Thanks!