California OHV Outings Advice!

[DOITHARD]

Hello,

Just moved to CA 3 months ago. Planning our first couple of OHV trips, especially with the cooler weather. This past weekend took a trip (no equip) to El Mirage OHV to check things out. To us the desert is a novelty and found it very cool, keep in mind we came from Florida (high humidity and frinking rain every afternoon).

We want to do a lot more dry camping and find a lot more places here than what we were used to in Florida.

Outings short term will be El Mirage OHV in a couple of weeks and then Calico Ghost Town Campground for Thanksgiving.

Having 3 small children only interested in safe non party areas.

Any advice or comments will be welcome!

Thank you,
Carlos

[Bedlam]

Some places we have visited in CA:

Jawbone Canyon
California City
Johnson Valley
Salton Sea

Each place had its uniqueness and we are looking forward to another possible trip in April.

[DOITHARD]

Thanks for the advices...will look up Dove Spring.

[toedtoes]

Check CA State Parks and their OHV section. That will give you some starting points for both camping and OHV.

[mec500]

Be careful on thanksgiving most everywhere in the desert goes nuts. It's hard to escape the crazies. I take the kids to dove springs and near by areas . I avoid the dunes and find it fairly easy to find a safe non party area for the kids to play just about anywhere on non holidays