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Baja12valve
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I am trying to make arrangements to get free, still working on it. This is something I would like to do, I would look forward to the trip.
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John M
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Let's get it together!
This will be difficult to try to pass along trip details on the Baja Nomad Board.
If you guys that are interested will send me an email i will put together details on Sunday or Monday and get it out via email replies.
jnmarnell "at" yahoo "dot" com
John
[Edited on 10-8-2011 by John M]
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Sublimity
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Count Me In...
| Quote: | Originally posted by John M
I can lead a trip except for the first weekend of November.
The Mojave National Preserve limits group size to 6 vehicles AND fewer than 15 people without a $50 permit. If your vehicle is not 4x4 do not sign up.
I know a lot of folks brag that their 2 wd can make it, but not on my trips, please.
A drive over the entire 130+ mile route takes a minimum of two full days at anything approaching reasonable speed. Three full days are much better.
Winter days are shorter thus you cannot cover as much ground.
Interesting side trips, although very short in distance, subtract substantially from the available drive time.
The nice part is that we can go where we want, spend time as we want, and then plan to finish the 130 miles another time, if we only have two days. Or
there are plenty of easy access routes to both the I-15 and I-40 throughout the entire distance of the Mojave Road if someone wants to bail out early.
I'd much prefer traveling east to west. First night camping or at Laughlin - weekday hotel rates are cheap - like $20 at some hotels. That puts us
near the start of the Mojave Road, alongside the Colorado River early the following morning.
So far, interested:
John & Barbara M
TW
David K
Surfer Jim
Baja12valve - added 5 Sept.
Sublimity - added 7 Sept.
...have expressed interest - that's 4 of the 6 vehicles.
I could start the trip any day of the week, weekdays are cool with us. Second week of November is ok, but how about the 22th or 29th of October -
those weekends?
post your preferences here.
John M
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David K
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The 14th, as in next weekend? 
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TMW
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My brother Bill and I are in. John I'll see you today at the Expo.
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Here are some pictures from our Mojave Road run.
Ready for the start.
First night camp.
Ft. Piute
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The Mojave Road, where we came from. The road is in the middle of the pix.
Lunch time what a view.
Indian Art at Indian Wells.
More Indian Art.
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tripledigitken
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Nice, more please.
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The Toll Keepers Cup. A penny will do.
Goff
The Goff Cook House.
A wo stamp mill at Goff.
A Gyratory Crusher.
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A rough hill.
More Indian art.
The Rock House.
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TMW
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The Lava fields have holes.
There are steps down into the Lava Tubes.
From down there, inside the Lava Tubes.
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Baja12valve
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Nice trip. I don't know what happened because suddenly I got a ton of responses in my e-mail. It is like everything got saved up and released all at
once. Bummer, I was looking forward to the trip. I seemed to have missed out on all the planning. Hopefully next time will be better.
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TMW
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Some of our desert friends. He/she was in the road and I moved him/her to safety under a bush out of harms way. I later found out that when moving
them always have their head facing you otherwise they could make a mess on you. He or she didn't, must have liked me.
Old Mining camp. Our last night on the trail.
The Traverlers Mounument. Bring a rock to place for good luck. Keep whats inside a secret.
That sums up our trail ride in pictures. Had a great time. Goff was especially fun and the museum at Kelso was very interesting. John was a great
trail master.
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TMW
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My brother and I left after this photo at Razor Rd, he had a Dr. appointment the next day otherwise we would have finished the complete run near
Barstow. The monument above is on the Soda Dry Lake, was dry then. ZZYZX is in the background
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Sweetwater
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Mood: chilly today hot tomale
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Hope to catch you online....this looks like good moto territory as well as 4x4.....are there large patches of sand/silt and how much bouldering is
necessary.....I would love to coordinate a couple moto's with a 4x4 sag.......???
Everbody\'s preachin\' at me that we all wanna git to heaven, trouble is, nobody wants to die to git there.-BB King
Reality is what does not go away when you stop believing in it. -Philip K Dick
Nothing is worse than active ignorance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(1749-1832, German writer, artist and politician)
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I\'ve never tried before. - Mae West
Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.
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Sublimity
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TW,
Awesome pictures!
We had an great time and it was a pleasure meeting you and your brother. Need to plan another trip.
B.
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Motorcycles need to be street legal. The trail itself reminded me of the one into Mission San Borja. There was a couple of soft sand areas but not any
problem for a MC. If in a two wheel drive vehicle it would be good to have a 4x4 along for those areas. For the most part a two wheel drive can do it.
Just air down all four tires and don't stop.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sublimity
TW,
Awesome pictures!
We had an great time and it was a pleasure meeting you and your brother. Need to plan another trip.
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It was a great time and yes we do need another trip. Maybe around Death Valley somewhere. I would love to do the trail that goes by the cabin they
found Charlie Manson and also the Titus Canyon run.
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David K
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Thank you TW!!!
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John M
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A few additional photos
This was a good Mojave Road trip - no pressure to make time goals, just nicely paced scenic tour of the East Mojave. Great traveling companions. Baja
12 Valve - we can do it again - David K - you too!
John M
a couple of old homes near the Mojav Road
looking toward the creek at Fort Pah-Ute
National Historic Registry Plaque at Goffs Schoolhouse
Still functioning windmills at Government Holes, along the Mojave Road
We detoured off the Mojave Road to tour Macedonia Canyon a neat mining area
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within the lave tubes
One of the mines near our camp the third night out - heavily mined region
Crossing Soda Lake heading west toward Travelers Monument
John M
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