Death valley pics

[Warstud]

I bet your well isnt dry anymore

 

[CarDoc66]

Yes! I'm going to assume we were in one of the higher milage cars in the area. Most people seem to be tourists in newer cars. We are about to turn 210k. The fj runs great and still amazes me. It is beginning to consume a slight amount of 5w-30 though. Looks like about a qt in 6k.

At almost a quarter million miles, a quart every 6k is outstanding! My buddy has ha 310k mi 1GR V6 thats using about the same.

When is this super bloom? I’d love to see that.

 

[alarmguy]

Gas in my area is right around $5 for regular.

easy $2.65 here to as high as $2.95

I pictures were awesome, we have seen the news of the rainfall over there and the water in Death Valley.
Question, will it just go away and things back to normal in a month or two?

 

[CKN]

Guys who have never been West of the Mississippi have no idea the desolation of parts of "The West". Death Valley being one of them.

 

[Chris142]

Guys who have never been West of the Mississippi have no idea the desolation of parts of "The West". Death Valley being one of them.

Yep. We went somewhat prepared for the worst. We stuck to main roads and went when it was cooler out. It was 74F at stove pipe wells.

There were many other tourists so if we had a problem someone would find us quickly. Don't want to end up like the German family.

 

[CKN]

Yep. We went somewhat prepared for the worst. We stuck to main roads and went when it was cooler out. It was 74F at stove pipe wells.

There were many other tourists so if we had a problem someone would find us quickly. Don't want to end up like the German family.

Yea-saw that story before. People in Europe have no idea of the desolation or the vast distances of "The West" either. I have talked to a few about this at RV parks.
One guy I met from Germany drove a rental RV from Death Valley to San Diego in one day-because you know it didn't look that bad on a map.....

 

[Chris142]

easy $2.65 here to as high as $2.95

I pictures were awesome, we have seen the news of the rainfall over there and the water in Death Valley.
Question, will it just go away and things back to normal in a month or two?

Ya it will be hot again

 

[Pablo]

FTR there are no refineries on HI islands that I know of...........yeah gas is around $5, not $6

Anyway, I love the desert in the wintery months!!

 

[alarmguy]

FTR there are no refineries on HI islands that I know of...........yeah gas is around $5, not $6

Anyway, I love the desert in the wintery months!!

To my surprise gasoline on Honolulu, Sam’s Club and Costco both $4.17 a gallon
Other stations $4.25

 

[Pablo]

To my surprise gasoline on Honolulu, Sam’s Club and Costco both $4.17 a gallon
Other stations $4.25

Big island we paid about the same 4.39 I think

 

[spackard]

Not sure it is, but this is Death Valley and it's over $2 higher than the rest of CA:

AAA Gas Prices

I drove past two Chevron stations in Chinatown (LA) today that were $7.49 for premium unleaded.

 

[Nick1994]

Why is gas anywhere in CA more expensive than Hawaii?

Privately owned gas stations can charge anything they want, and when they’re in a secluded spot like the middle of the desert or on the coast, people will happily pay it.

 

[PF52]

Roy's in Amboy CA (on the old part of Rt. 66) is my go-to high-price reference point. Bet they're up there at 6 or 7 dollars a gallon. But they do have good ice cream bars in the freezer!

 

[Pablo]

Yes, but still....Amboy compared to a Pacific Island..........

 

[Chris142]

Roy's in Amboy CA (on the old part of Rt. 66) is my go-to high-price reference point. Bet they're up there at 6 or 7 dollars a gallon. But they do have good ice cream bars in the freezer!

The station in goffs,CA is usually higher than Amboy.

 

[slo town]

Chris, be sure to eat at the Saloon in Furnace Creek.

Scott

 

[PF52]

The station in goffs,CA is usually higher than Amboy.

I'm surprised there even IS a station in Goffs!

One of those towns - Fenner or Essex? - saved my bacon when I stopped there and filled the air in one of my tires on my rental PT Cruiser. That would be a bad stretch of road to have a flat tire miles from anything!

 

[Chris142]

I'm surprised there even IS a station in Goffs!

One of those towns - Fenner or Essex? - saved my bacon when I stopped there and filled the air in one of my tires on my rental PT Cruiser. That would be a bad stretch of road to have a flat tire miles from anything!

It's actually fenner but the address is goffs .

 

[b_b]

i paid $7 a gallon in 2016 just south of the south rim (just north of I-40). there was nothing in as far as the eye could see at that station. That was Saturday evening and had be in Alexandria, la for work on Monday.