Red Rock Canyon/Jawbone/Dove Springs (pic heavy)

[BCBrian]

I went camping at Red Rock Canyon SP on Hwy 14 and did 100+ miles off road over 2 days. The first day I spent 5 hrs exploring the Jawbone Canyon and Dove Springs OHV area's. This is a very lg area with well marked trails in every direction. Both Jawbone Canyon and Dove Springs have open riding area's with a myriad of trails for ATV's and MX bikes. Travel outside these 2 area's is restricted to existing trails. Here is a link to the Jawbone BLM website with a map:
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/ridgecrest/jawbone_open_area.html

The 2nd day was spent in the El Paso Mtn's. See this link for pictures and video's.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/75435-Last-Chance-Canyon-3-31

The campground is along these formations just off Hwy 14

The view from my camp

This formation is right along the road to the CG

Looking toward the El Paso Mtn's where the next days Last Chance trail run would take place

This water pipe traverses the Jawbone area

 

[BCBrian]

More pictures

Miles and miles of terrain like this with endless whoop de doo's and berms

This is Dove Springs open area

I had never seen Joshua Tree's in person before

The babies have a tough start to life

The scenery all day was great

Not just red rocks

My 47 mile route took me up the right canyon on SC175 and I came down the middle canyon on SC176

Looking east towards Edwards AFB

There are a bunch of primitive camp sites along Jawbone Canyon Rd

Hope you enjoyed the tour!

 

[Project510]

Great pics Brian!

 

[locrwln]

Great pics, I have driven by there a lot and have never had the opportunity to do any exploring.

By the way, your "baby" isn't, that's a cholla cactus. My wife found out the hard way when we were in AZ not to touch them. The little "balls" break away from the main cactus very easily and it is very hard to remove on your own, each time you touch it, a needle remains in your skin. I found it funny, she didn't...

Jack

 

[cj5150]

Did you stop by Bishop's Claim and the grave sites on the SC175? Intereting history out there, and a lot of dirtbikes / atvs / utvs out there. Plus decent hunting too. Thanks for sharing.