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Re: Your Planned Trip to Lucerne Valley

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Bolide*chaser wrote:

> Hello Art (?),
>
> Your message failed to include a "From" address, so I can't reply to you
> personally.  Hopefully, you're a member of this List and will read this
> reply.
>
> You're right to be concerned with the temperatures and weather this time
> of year.  The weather is quite variable, to include thunderstorms, along
> with 40 degree swings in temperature over a 6 hour period involving
> daily highs well over 100 degrees.  If the wind isn't blowing, 86
> degrees feels like 108 degrees to me.  I recommend checking this web
> page just before you leave for Lucerne Valley:
> http://www.rocstock.org/lucerne.html
> Lots of useful information here about camping, restaurants, rocket
> launches, weather, etc.
>
> I highly recommend that you don't travel alone in the desert.  I don't
> plan on going to Lucerne Valley in the next few weeks, but I know there
> are several people on this List that would probably like to join you.
> If you actually are a member of this List, then you probably know that
> Michael Blood is from San Diego.  Another List member actively studying
> this area is Ron Hartman.  He also enjoys taking people out to Lucerne,
> as well.  Although Alan Rubin and I are co-authoring a paper on the
> Lucerne Valley Meteorites, I still consider Ron to be the Principal
> Investigator for this area.  The results of your trip will be of
> interest to Ron, as well as to me, whether you find anything or not.
>
> You asked for "any suggestions".  Actually, I do have a recommendation.
> One of the main reasons I visit Lucerne Valley is because it is close to
> where I live.  For the same reason, if I lived where you do (San Diego),
> I would be visiting the desert localities in nearby Imperial County.
> Note - there is a small dry lake between OCOTILLO and Brawley on Wheeler
> Rd.  Check it out and let me know what it looks like ;-)  Also in
> Imperial Co., you have the Algodones Dunes.  This area has been called
> the Sahara Desert of the USofA.  With a little luck, Art, you can become
> the next "Labenne Meteorites" for Southern California.  Just don't
> forget who it was that told you to go there;-)
>
> Hoping to hear from you after your trip,
> Bob V.
>
> --- ?? wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Bob;
> >
> > I'm planning a weekend trip to the Lucerne Valley
> > area and was hoping you could
> > give me some insight (btw.. your website was very
> > helpful!).
> >
> > I'd like to hike around the Lucerne Lake Bed as well
> > as other dry lakes in the
> > area. Can I camp nearby? I was also wondering what
> > the daytime temp is this time
> > of year in  that area.
> >
> > Any suggestions you could make would be greatly
> > appreciated! I may be heading up
> > (I'm from San Diego) within the next few weeks.
> >
> > Best Regards, Art
> >
> >
> >

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