Ghost Towns and other Desert Site seeing?

[jc76]

Originally Posted by humboldtrat

South of Hoover Dam in Arizona, there are 2 "ghost" towns:

Chloride Arizona, Living Ghost Town and Oatman, Arizona

Not a ghost town, but nearby is Laughlin NV on the Colorado River Official Website of the Laughlin Visitor Bureau. And it will be hot as hell in July .

Hey thanks!
About the heat... I am a heat-dog, love the heat, hate the cold so no heat is too much for me. i just got out of a 7 1/2 month deep freeze so heat is very welcome!

[zugor]

Here's a link to ghost towns in Death Valley:

Death Valley Ghost Towns | US Park Lodging

Just a suggestion. When I was on my way into DV to go camping for a week the belt went in my 5 month old Honda Accord. Took 2 days to get the replacement part. Not a problem since I was staying for a while. On all future trips to remote areas I carried a full set of belts and never needed them.

Sometimes you have to turn off the A/C there to keep the cooling system from overheating when heading up to the top of a mountain pass.

Have a great time.

[humboldtrat]

Originally Posted by jc76

About the heat... I am a heat-dog, love the heat, hate the cold so no heat is too much for me.

I don't think you're taking this desert heat thing seriously. It will be about 110 degrees or even higher when you visit Vegas and the Mojave desert in July. As Zugor said, you might have to turn off the A/C to keep your car from overheating. You should carry plenty of water - about a gallon per person per day if you're going to be outdoors much of the day. You might want to drive at night when it gets down to say 95 degrees. And don't drive off the main roads out into the desert on gravelled roads.

When you get back, post your experiences on this thread. I get the feeling that after a couple of days in the desert, your Indiana winters won't look all that bad to you. Have fun.

Go to www.ghosttowns.com and click onto the states you are visiting, then click onto the counties.

[eureka1]

And if you leave the car put a towel over the steering wheel so you can bear to touch it when you start up again.

[jc76]

Originally Posted by zugor

Here's a link to ghost towns in Death Valley:

Death Valley Ghost Towns | US Park Lodging

Just a suggestion. When I was on my way into DV to go camping for a week the belt went in my 5 month old Honda Accord. Took 2 days to get the replacement part. Not a problem since I was staying for a while. On all future trips to remote areas I carried a full set of belts and never needed them.

Sometimes you have to turn off the A/C there to keep the cooling system from overheating when heading up to the top of a mountain pass.

Have a great time.

Thank You Now that you mention it I could see that happening. I may buy an extra belt and tuck it away in the trunk with some tools just in case. Thank you for the heads up!

[jc76]

Originally Posted by humboldtrat

I don't think you're taking this desert heat thing seriously. It will be about 110 degrees or even higher when you visit Vegas and the Mojave desert in July. As Zugor said, you might have to turn off the A/C to keep your car from overheating. You should carry plenty of water - about a gallon per person per day if you're going to be outdoors much of the day. You might want to drive at night when it gets down to say 95 degrees. And don't drive off the main roads out into the desert on gravelled roads.

When you get back, post your experiences on this thread. I get the feeling that after a couple of days in the desert, your Indiana winters won't look all that bad to you. Have fun.

Go to www.ghosttowns.com and click onto the states you are visiting, then click onto the counties.

I've driven the desert in June before in a PT Cruiser, not the greatest car, and we did fine. It was hot but 100 in the desert was not as bad as our 90 with 95% humidity. I've been in all kinds of weather and hot is much preferred over cold so bad your fingers go numb.
Enough on that, I could rant forever...booooring. I won't.
And yes I do plan on posting my adventure here!

[zugor]

While I was "stuck" at the Furnace Creek Campground for a couple of days I had nothing to do except hang out at the pool which is fed by a warm (85 degree) spring and they run the water in one end and out the other so they don't put any chemicals in it.

Poor me