Mojave Trip report

After boondocking for the night near Joshua Tree (on the dry lake bed) we headed off to Mojave National Preserve. I love the solitude of the park, so few cars and people. We camped near Kelso Dunes where we have camped many times before. Such a great view at dusk.

The next morning we headed off to see the Lava Tube and document some sites off of Akin Mine road. These are fine sites but since they are close to the road and have lots of traffic going by on the way to the Lava Tube, I would not camp there for more than a night.

Just a couple of picture of the lava tube. A must see if near by.

Since diesel is so cheap right now ($2.99 a gal) I decided to head to Baker to fuel up and get gas for the generator.

Sunday we woke up and headed to the "Hole in the Wall" area which is kinda far from where we camped, but again I wanted to look for more boondocking sites and get info from the ranger. I did find some great places and will need to write them up over the next few days.

If you head to this area you will need to do the "Rings Trail." It is such fun. There is also a great boondocking site located just off the trail that seems perfect. Trash/water and dump are just around the corner at the campground, and if you needed a restroom you can just take the short walk to the rings, climb up, then return to camp.

After the Hole in the wall visit we decided to take a 4x4 trip across the mountain back to camp. This was 11 miles moderate 4x4ing and we had a great time.

There were so many hill climbs that made the route fun.  Most were on the Keslo Dunes side if you want to hit a few of them. As with all long weekend trips it had to end and now we're back to work until President's Day, when we head out to El Mirage dry lake bed. I hope it's open so I can tear off across it! :-)

Until next time!

Bill