welcome to the site man
1. I el pato is coming from that way too may be be he can chime
2. Like dune rat said the closer you go to the dunes the softer it gets.
3. we camp away from every one
4. you are welcome to join our group if you don't mind hanging with bunch
5. yup you can pick up your pass, disel, water and whatever you may need at the valero station.
6. we are having a fairly large group and we do some killer rides your are welcome to join
Well hope to see you there PM me if you are interested and I'll let you know where we are camping for sho.