California Warnings Or Dangers Tips by shivan

DEATH VALLEY: One curious history Driving in California Review

A curious history no one probably ever wrote here in VT.

Travelling the southwest USA is confortable because of the big cars you can rent, with automatic gears, speed control device and most of all the conditioned air.

Well, when we were going away from the death valley, we encountered a lovely sign that stated 'turn off conditioned air'. This was because the outside temperature was too hot and the water of your car risked to boil.

see also my advices in my Arizona page
There are 12 miles to reach the top of the southern entrance to the death valley, and it is a steep climbing road. It takes about 30 minutes (we made it in almost 1 hour because there was a truck that didn't want to let us pass..) and in that period you will get cooked... It is not a pleasant trip at all.