Things that come to mind to me include:
What temperatures are likely day and night (like in how cold)?
Does everything happen out of one base camp? (My understanding that is
not true for the Death Valley ride)
How are the logistics handled to move between sights?
Are people camping at campsites that have water and electricity or are
people in self contained RV's?
What elevations are encountered for the vehicles (as opposed to the
trails for the horses)?
What type of roads are encountered? All paved? Off roading?
Are chains probably only going to be "advisable to have with you" or
would you be surprised if they are not used?
Relating to the horse side, are the Jan and Feb rides loop rides or
do the P and R folks go out onto the ride for that? If so what
altitudes are they at since that might affect temperatures to be
expected?
Are there likely to be water crossings for the vehicles (ie, actually
driving through deep water where deep is more than half a foot)?
Is this whole thing best summarized by the following"
"If you have to ask, then you are not ready"
Anyways, hopefully, you can see the type of questions that are on my mind.
At the moment I am strongly leaning to skipping the Dec ride and have not
reached any decision or leanings about the Jan and Feb rides.
Differing viewpoints and perpectives to these questions and any other comments
that come to mind will be appreciated.
TIA
Joe jpu@kaiwan.com