Barstow, CA to Mojave National Preserve | Hiking & Camping in Mojave National Preserve | Hiking the Kelso Sand Dunes | December 2025 On the day after Christmas, we left our camping spot and returned to Barstow to run a couple errands to prepare for another week off the grid. After almost 4 weeks in…
Riding Out the California Christmas Storms in Barstow | Hiking & Camping in the Calico Hills | December 2025 We awoke at our dispersed camping spot near Red Mountain, CA at around 4:30am when we first started hearing rain drops hitting the roof of the van. We laid in bed listening to the rain fall…
Hiking & Camping in the Spangler Hills Area | Hiking Red Mountain | Ridgecrest, CA | December 2025 When we left Walker Pass and continued driving East, the sky was becoming more overcast and there was a chill in the air. We had been tracking the forecast for the past few days, watching the hype…