On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:

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> Also be aware that much of the area is beautiful in the daylight, if you
> appreciate the desert, & that there are hot springs along the way to dip in.
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> YMMV,
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> Mr. BZ-BTDT
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  Not specific to Vanagons only...by Friday next, I will have forgotten, so
I post now...

  Re Hot springs.   Tecopa HS is on the way from DV to S of Las Vegas...
  also, I was looking for a site we used once called 'soaknet' with a full
listing by state of every known hotsprings, with GPS coordinates, and a
brief description of each spring...water temp, flow, improvements on  site,
etc etc...That one seems to be 'sporadic' online, but I found this one with
listings by state...

   http://www.soakersforum.com/3/viewforum.php?f=27

  We once had an excellent winter camping adventure following GPS and
dipping in hotsprings using our dirtbikes, but most viable (Soakworthy?)
H.S.s could have been reached with a Vanagon, and many would have made
decent campsites...
  Don Hanson