Joanne
I plan on being in Death Valley for a motorcycle campers campout. It is Jan 3-5 2008. This camp out has been going on for about 30 years. I have been going the past 20 years. As I live in Idaho I don't get to ride to it. I did trailer the bike one year. We meet in the Upper Texas Springs campground, up the hill from the Furnace Creek Area. This is a no generator camp ground. There are no group sights up there these days so we spread out but there are always empty sights and our people are some of the best I know.
I am working on my trailer trying to get it ready for this Jan. trip. The earth keeps getting further away and harder.
Weather can be nice. But I have seen winds many times. Distroyed my tent one year and slept one night in my 81 datsun pickup. 3 years ago we had so much rain they closed the camp ground. But the Ranger let us stay if we wanted as we was out of the mud and not causing a problem. Just didn't let anyone else in.
Oh, and I love the mornings in that ground. Watching the mountains on the other side of the Valley light up. I set and watch that most mornings.
Maybe I will get to meet some of you this year. Look for the rather different TD from Idaho.