GPS and illegally driving cross country in a National Park.........and almost dying. Darwin?
DVNP News Release
DVNP News Release
From the report - "The park visitors got lost while navigating by GPS. They took a wrong turn onto West Side Road, and drove back and forth on the gravel road for about three hours. Around midnight, they became concerned about running out of gas, and decided to drive directly across the salt flat to Badwater Road. Driving off-road is illegal in Death Valley National Park. In this case, it could have cost their lives."Ted said:My guess would be they were on the West Side Road, which begins and ends on Badwater Road. Wouldn't they be able to see that on their GPS?
I wonder how many years we will be able to see their tracks?
Send the fellows out on foot with rakes. A couple of days of careful work and it would look a bit better.Casa Escarlata Robles Too said:Damage like that takes a long time to heal in DV.
Frank
A coworker (years ago) told me, as he drove over the curb at a customer's location, that all rental cars were four wheel drive.craig333 said:I'm betting it was a rental vehicle.