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Syncro Safari, Death Valley '05 Overview
The 2005 Syncro Safari adventure took place amidst the desolate beauty that is Death Valley. The event included Syncronauts from as near as Southern California and as far away as Maryland for socializing, 4-wheeling, and adventures!. As is the format for Syncro Safari adventures, this was a semi-intimate event with only 9 Syncros, so that everyone was able get to know the others in the group. By the end of the week, people we met days before were starting to feel more like family than strangers.
Just the Facts:
Where: In Death Valley National Park, California (and a bit of Nevada)
When: November 20 - 26, 2005 (Thanksgiving week)
Who: 9 Syncros. See the "Participants" page
What: A week of 4-wheeiling, camping, & recreation with fellow Syncronauts
Why: Death Valley’s AMAZING and a Syncro is a great way to se it!
W-itinerary: More details, click here
Sunday, Nov 20 – Arrive, made camp, made friends
Monday, Nov 21 – 4-wheeling: Lippencott Road, The Racetrack, Hunter Mountain
Tuesday, Nov 22 – Free Day
Wednesday, Nov 23 – 4-wheeling: Chloride City, Rhyolite, Titus Canyon
Thursday, Nov 24 – Free Day - Thanksgiving Dinner at Panamint Springs & Syncro Repair
Friday, Nov 25 – 4-wheeling: Warms Springs Canyon, Mengel Pass (almost)
Saturday, Nov 26 – Break camp, Said goodbyes, depart, or stay another night…
Hottest, Driest, Lowest : Death Valley is a land of extremes. It is one of the hottest places on the surface of the Earth with summer temperatures averaging well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. It encompasses the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere at 282 feet below the level of the sea, and it is the driest place in North America with an average rainfall of only 1.96 inches a year.
This valley is also a land of subtle beauties: Morning light creeping across the eroded badlands of Zabriskie Point to strike Manly Beacon, the setting sun and lengthening shadows on the Sand Dunes at Stovepipe Wells, and the colors of myriad wildflowers on the golden hills above Harmony Borax on a warm spring day.
Death Valley is a treasure trove of scientific information about the ancient Earth and about the forces still working to shape our modern world. It is home to plants, animals, and human beings that have adapted themselves to take advantage of its rare and hard won bounty. It is a story of western expansion, wealth, greed, suffering and triumph. Death Valley is a land of extremes, and much more.
(Above text excerpted from the NPS website)
See the National Park Service Death Valley website at: http://www.nps.gov/deva/
Another Death Valley website: http://www.death.valley.national-park.com/
And another: http://www.deathvalley.com/
Vanagon in Death Valley Article
2005 marked the 25th Anniversary since the 1980 model year when Vanagons were first sold in the USA. This makes it fitting to have a copy of an article from the May/June issue of VW & Porsche Magazine with the title "Vanagon in Death Valley".
Q: When did Vanagons first venture into Death Valley?
A: Within months of hitting the North American shores!
When the Vanagon debuted in the USA for the1980 model year, someone at VW & Porsche Magazine had the bright idea of taking one to Death Valley for an extended test. Since we took a group of Vanagons to Death Valley 25 years later, it seems fitting to share this article and read some of the first impressions of Vanagons in the USA, while traveling in Death Valley.
Check out the article here: (Copyright Argus Publishing)
Q: When did Vanagons first venture into Death Valley?
A: Within months of hitting the North American shores!
When the Vanagon debuted in the USA for the1980 model year, someone at VW & Porsche Magazine had the bright idea of taking one to Death Valley for an extended test. Since we took a group of Vanagons to Death Valley 25 years later, it seems fitting to share this article and read some of the first impressions of Vanagons in the USA, while traveling in Death Valley.
Check out the article here: (Copyright Argus Publishing)
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Special "Thank you" picture from Emi Canterbury |
Special "Thank you" picture from Ivo Canterbury |
Generous sponsors of Syncro Safari, Death Valley '05 - THANK YOU!
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