Syncro SafariTM, Death Valley '17 Overview
The 2017 Syncro Safari adventure took place amidst the desolate beauty that is Death Valley. The event included, 4-wheeling, ghost towns, canyons, history, hiking, a waterfall, dancing, and more! In typical Syncro Safari form, this was a semi-intimate event with 10 Syncros and 17 Syncronauts, 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 more like family than strangers.
Quick Overview:
Where: In Death Valley National Park, California (and a bit of Nevada)
When: Monday, April 17 through Saturday, April 22 (Immediately following Easter)
Who: 10 Syncros and 17 Syncronauts.
What: Almost a week of 4-wheeling, camping, sight-seeing, and recreation with fellow Syncronauts
Why: Death Valley’s AMAZING and a Syncro is a great way to see it!
Witinerary: Subject to weather and road conditions
Monday, Apr 17 – Arrive, make camp, make friends at Camp Syncro #1 near Beatty, NV
Tuesday, Apr 18 – Rhyolite ghost town and mild 4-wheeling in Titus Canyon - Taco Night!
Wednesday, Apr 19 – Transit to Camp Syncro #2 at Panamint Springs,
See valley sites of Artists Palette, Mosaic Canyon, Devil's Golf Course, Badwater
Thursday, Apr 20 – Trips to the Charcoal Kilns and Darwin Falls, Dancing, and Astromomy night
Friday, Apr 21 – 4-Wheeling Lipppincott Mine Road to Racetrack Playa - home of Death Valley's moving rocks
Saturday, Apr 22 – Break camp, Say goodbyes, depart, or stay another night…
Did you know? Death Valley National Park is about the same size as the state of Connecticut and larger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined.
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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