Jawbone

Lots of fun riding around that area, we love it. Been camping in that area for over 40 years cause we lived in the San Fernando Valley.

nayther, thanks for recommending dove springs, we did exactly how you said. We went down to the Bowl area where all the hill climbs are at. We were actually at the bottom of LA 1 trail. We took LA 1 and LA 2 to Jawbone store. Glad we took your advice. Wife and Kids were happy and liked it a lot. Everyone is so spread out it doesn't feel crowded. The weather wasn't bad, slept with all the windows open in the TH and didn't use the AC all weekend. Taught my 2 daughters how to drive the RZR and they did really good. We had friends in Jawbone (wife and I wanted to get away from everybody this trip) so we stopped by they're camp site and it was crowded like you said plus jawbone seems small and really Rocky. Thanks Again definitely one of out Favorites.

mpoulsen wrote:
So we are leaving tomorrow, where is a good place to get water? This our first trip in our Rage'n trailer and I don't want to carry water all the from Fresno, normally it's just the wife and I in the truck camper. This trailer will hold 150 gallons, but I don't think we need all that. I assuming somewhere in Mojave, hopefully not to far in to town, Thanks and I hope everyone has a Great and Safe Memorial Weekend

As you drive through Mojave look for a sign on your right advertising dump station, its one or two blocks north of Carl's Jr. I think, you should be able to get water there, then dump on your way home. I've never used it though. You might also check the Ricardo Campground in Jawbone state park, they used to have a dump station there, might have water.

mpoulsen wrote:
So we are leaving tomorrow, where is a good place to get water? This our first trip in our Rage'n trailer and I don't want to carry water all the from Fresno, normally it's just the wife and I in the truck camper. This trailer will hold 150 gallons, but I don't think we need all that. I assuming somewhere in Mojave, hopefully not to far in to town, Thanks and I hope everyone has a Great and Safe Memorial Weekend

Not sure but try a rest stop. We used to get ours at the rest stop on i5 when we go to gorman. Cruise on over if you see us.

So we are leaving tomorrow, where is a good place to get water? This our first trip in our Rage'n trailer and I don't want to carry water all the from Fresno, normally it's just the wife and I in the truck camper. This trailer will hold 150 gallons, but I don't think we need all that. I assuming somewhere in Mojave, hopefully not to far in to town, Thanks and I hope everyone has a Great and Safe Memorial Weekend

nayther wrote:

eDUBz wrote:

nayther wrote:
I drove by last weekend and thought about you going for the first time. Where do you plan on camping? There are really two areas, Jawbone Canyon and Dove Springs. In Jawbone you're pretty limited to camping in the canyon proper and a lot of it is sandwash. In Dove Springs there are many more camping opportunities, all desert pull offs. I think there are more trails close by if you camp at Dove Springs. But as I said I avoid this all together as its not much fun on two wheels anymore.

Thanks for thinking of us, we will do dove springs then if its better camping. Thanks!

Camping tends to get pretty tight in Jawbone. In DS you can spread out more. To get there stay on hwy 14 about 6 miles past Jawbone turn off (the Jawbone visitor's center is EXCELLENT with plenty of maps thanks to Ed Waldheim's group Friends of Jawbone). After you turn left onto the dirt road you'll see quite a few campsites on either side of the road, all are good. If you continue straight you'll get to a big dirt road parallel to the pipeline (we used to call it the dirt freeway). If you turn left you'll go down into the "bowl area" that's open riding with short hill climbs, mini tracks, etc. and usually very busy/dusty/crowded. If you turn right there's camps on either side of the dirt fwy. but be careful as that's all limited use and you can't just take off out of camp in any direction, not good for little kids on quads. And make sure you're back off the dirt fwy a bit as people FLY down that road in all manner of vehicle.

Awesome! Thankyou for this info. We will do as mentioned. Thanks again.

eDUBz wrote:

nayther wrote:
I drove by last weekend and thought about you going for the first time. Where do you plan on camping? There are really two areas, Jawbone Canyon and Dove Springs. In Jawbone you're pretty limited to camping in the canyon proper and a lot of it is sandwash. In Dove Springs there are many more camping opportunities, all desert pull offs. I think there are more trails close by if you camp at Dove Springs. But as I said I avoid this all together as its not much fun on two wheels anymore.

Thanks for thinking of us, we will do dove springs then if its better camping. Thanks!

Camping tends to get pretty tight in Jawbone. In DS you can spread out more. To get there stay on hwy 14 about 6 miles past Jawbone turn off (the Jawbone visitor's center is EXCELLENT with plenty of maps thanks to Ed Waldheim's group Friends of Jawbone). After you turn left onto the dirt road you'll see quite a few campsites on either side of the road, all are good. If you continue straight you'll get to a big dirt road parallel to the pipeline (we used to call it the dirt freeway). If you turn left you'll go down into the "bowl area" that's open riding with short hill climbs, mini tracks, etc. and usually very busy/dusty/crowded. If you turn right there's camps on either side of the dirt fwy. but be careful as that's all limited use and you can't just take off out of camp in any direction, not good for little kids on quads. And make sure you're back off the dirt fwy a bit as people FLY down that road in all manner of vehicle.

nayther wrote:
I drove by last weekend and thought about you going for the first time. Where do you plan on camping? There are really two areas, Jawbone Canyon and Dove Springs. In Jawbone you're pretty limited to camping in the canyon proper and a lot of it is sandwash. In Dove Springs there are many more camping opportunities, all desert pull offs. I think there are more trails close by if you camp at Dove Springs. But as I said I avoid this all together as its not much fun on two wheels anymore.

Thanks for thinking of us, we will do dove springs then if its better camping. Thanks!

Looks like it's going to get warm on Saturday...

Its not much fun on two wheels anymore. Awe..... really!! ?