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Subject:Fw: Re: transporters by the...?
From:David Chasteen
Date:Tue, 21 Jul 1998 18:57:15 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: David Chasteen <dchaz@gte.net>
To: Blbachman@AOL.COM <Blbachman@AOL.COM>; Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
<Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: Re: transporters by the...?

>There is also the Valley of Fires State Park relatively nearby.  No showers
>but flush toilets and pretty nice campsites.  The New Mexico State Parks
>home page is www.emnrd.state.nm.us/nmparks/.  I think they have a link to
>the park.  I might be interested if I can get Peewee running by then.
>
>Chaz
>'82 Westy "Peewee"
>Brownfield, Texas
>
>P.S. I live less then 300 miles from there and I can provide information
>about how to get there, etc.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Blaine Bachman <Blbachman@AOL.COM>
>To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
>Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 5:36 PM
>Subject: Re: transporters by the...?
>
>
>>Actually, you can't camp out on the range.  It's only open to the public
>>during daylight hours on those two weekends.  There are two
>visitation/travel
>>options:
>>
>>1.  You can access the site from the north (US highway 60 if I remember
>>correctly) during the daylight hours.  It's probably about a half-hour
>drive
>>in from the highway.
>>
>>2.  You can caravan in/out with military escort (sort of a wagon train)
>from
>>the south end - this is about a 75 mile trip each way.
>>
>>Of course, you can do both, travelling from north to south or vice versa.
>>
>>There's a wildlife refuge near the north end - October is often a good
time
>to
>>catch migrating birds.  I'm sure that there's camping nearby as well.
>

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