Pacific Zone
RVF Death Valley Rally
November 9th-14th, 2016
Fees are $85. to $145.
Wagon Masters Bob & Betty Traister
Trail Masters Dave & Bev Stomps
RVF North America
Join us at Furnace Creek during the Dearth Valley 49er's encampment at Death Valley, CA
Enjoy the 49er's encampment activities, membership required, 49er’s membership fee is $35. Per family paid at the
49er’s booth. *only if you participate in the 49ers activities.)
We will be dry camping; generator use is allowed daily from 6:00 am until 10:00 PM. unless otherwise posted.
Cost for camping will be collected by the National Park Rangers. Use your Golden Passport for discount; two years
ago the dry camping fee was $10.00 per coach. (Rates are subject to change.)
Registration Fee: (Non Refundable.) ---------------------- $
25.00_
$120.00 per couple per coach (Meals.) ---------------------- $__________
$ 60.00 Single per coach (Meals.) ---------------------------- $__________
RVF Member (Y) (N), No add fee $35.00 for first year. - $__________
Member guest fees $60.00 per person ( ) X ($60.) = ---- $__________
Amount paid -------------------------------------------------- $__________ Check # _______
Name Last: __________________ First: _____________ Spouse: __________
Guest Name: Last __________________ First _________________
Home Address: _____________________ City: _______________ State: ___ Zip: ______
Cell #: _______________ E-Mail Address: _______________________
Fees include: 5 breakfast, 3 dinners, including Pot luck Dinner Dish refreshments (Coffee, OJ, Water &
Refreshments.) Plus a trip gift.
(Not included in the fees are: 1 Breakfast, 2 Dinners on your own & your share of Potluck Dinner. All
lunches on your own. Park fees and entrance fees to Scotties Castle. Personal gifts purchased.)
Make checks payable to:
Robert Traister Wagon Master
Send payment to:
Robert Traister
17130 Van Buren Blvd # 333
Riverside, CA 92548
Re; Death Valley Rally 2016
For more information e-mail Bob at [email protected]
Note 1: If you plan to join in the 49er's encampment activities, membership is required, 49er’s, membership fee is
$35. Per family. Paid at the Encampment office in Furnace Creek, Death Valley. (price subject to change.)
Note 2: Cutoff date is October 1, 2016
Note 3, No refunds for meals after October11, 2016
Itinerary is Subject to change. Revised 4/13/2016
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Itinerary: RVF Death Valley Rally.
Itinerary is Subject to change. Revised April 14, 2016
November 8, 2016 Tuesday, some of us will be meeting at Peggy Sue's Diner in Barstow on Tuesday afternoon & spending
the night there.
Day 1. Nov 9 Wednesday, Meet at Peggy Sue's, 50s, Diner in Barstow. Exit 191 off – I 15 North of Barstow. Breakfast on
your own. We will depart from Peggy Sue's at 9:00 AM sharp. We will caravan to Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley.
At 10:00 AM we should be in Baker, Exit and travel West Hwy 127 to Shoshone, we will be in Shoshone around 11:30 AM.
We can eat lunch (on your own.) at Shoshone. Depart Shoshone at 12:30 PM. or earlier. We will travel Hwy 127 for a few
miles to Hwy 190, take a left toward Death Valley, we should arrive around 3:00 PM. Upon arrival at Furnace Creek Ranch,
we will take the first road on the right toward Sunset Camp, drive about 500 ft, we will turn left into the overflow camp
ground. If the Ranger is not there, we will select our camp sites and then after setting up camp, go across the street to the
Ranger Headquarters, pay your camping fee and obtain your National Park Auto Pass. (Use your Golden Age Passport
for discount on camping fees.)
Happy hour at 4:00 pm Daily, Day 1, Heavy Hors D’oeuvre’s dinner on your own. Bring plenty of assorted hors
d'oeuvre' to share at our many happy hour's.
Breakfast daily at my campsite 7:30 AM. to 8:30 AM. Bring table & chairs. (Utensils, Cups & plates will be furnished
at all meals.) Dinners will be at my campsite 6:00 PM daily
Day 2, Nov10th. Thursday, Breakfast 7:30 AM. to 8:30 AM., Oatmeal, Sweet Rolls, Coffee, OJ and Fruit.
Leave at 9:00 AM for a day trip to Scotty’s Castle for a tour & sight seeing. Take a lunch, water & camera. After visiting the
Castle we will travel 8 1/2 miles west of Scotty's Castle via Grapevine Ranger Station to view the Ubehebe Crater. A violent
volcanic explosion left this crater, which measures nearly 1 mile wide & 500 feet deep. On our return trip we will stop off at
Stovepipe Wells. Then on our way we will stop off at the Harmony Borax area to view the 20 Mule team freight wagon, ore
bunkers etc. return to camp.
4:30 PM. Happy hour & hors d'oeuvre'.
Dinner at 6:00 pm Meal is potluck dinner, we will Bring Main Dish & home made Italian bread (Let us know what you
will be bringing, e-mail Betty at [email protected]. Or call her at 951-218-6602, she will coordinate the meal)
Day 3 Nov 11th, Friday, Breakfast 7:30 AM. to 8:30 AM. Scramble Eggs, Biscuits and Sausage Gravy, Fruit, OJ and
Coffee. After Breakfast take your lunch, water & camera.
Leave at 9:00 AM. We will travel up to Rhyolite to view the Ghost town & abandon gold mines then an off-road tour through
Titus Canyon, (lf the Canyon is open to automobiles at this time.) Titus Canyon one of the largest and most scenically diverse
canyons in the park. Accessible to high clearance vehicles via a one way 26 mile dirt road.. Happy hour at 4:30 PM. & hors
d'oeuvre'.
Dinner 6:00 PM: Tri Tip, Roasted Potatoes Salad & Dessert.
Free Day:
Day 4, Nov 12th. Sat, Breakfast7:30 AM. to 8:30 AM. Mexican Breakfast Burrito, Refried Beans, Fruit, OJ and Coffee.
Free day, do as you please. Enjoy the 49'ers activities. 4:30 PM Happy hour and hors d'oeuvre'. Dinner on your own. There
is a great restaurant at Furnace Creek Ranch just across the way from our camp area. You will like their food.
Day 5 Nov 13th, Sunday, Breakfast7:30 AM. to 8:30 AM Pancakes, Sausage , fruit, OJ and Coffee, 9:00 am.drive to Devils Golf
Course then onto Badwater, the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere at 282 ft below sea level, This is surreal landscapes of vast salt
flats. View the Natural Bridge, a massive rock span across the desert canyon, a ½ mile hike for the hardy (take your camera and water).
We will drive thru Artist Drive . A scenic loop drive through of multi-hued volcanic and sedimentary hills, (very colorful.) The 9 mile
paved road is one-way only and is only drivable to vehicles less than 25’ in length, We will drive to Zabriskie point, surrounded by a
maze of wildly & vibrant colored badlands. A beautiful place to view and amazing sunrise or sunset.
4:30 PM. Happy hour & hors d'oeuvre'.
6:00 PM. Dinner will consist of Grilled Salmon, Garlic Baked Potatoes, Veggie, Rolls and Dessert.
Day 6 Nov 14th, Monday7:30 AM Break away breakfasts. Hash Brown, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs, Fruit, OJ and Coffee Happy Trails,
have a safe trip home.
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