The last month or so has been pretty tough for me on the MTB front. Between a couple of injuries, illness and major work project here in San Diego I have not seen much bike action at all. Big projects at work are a whole lot easier when they involve travel as you don’t have to play the work-family balance game. A couple of weeks ago, I went out to Joshua Tree National Park to take a look see. I really did not know what to expect.
One thing for certain there is a lot of open space out here. Pinkham Canyon to Thermal Canyon and back was the route for the day. It was to be an all dirt road affair.
As far as dirt road goes, I have ridden far less interesting section of dirt in the past. It is certainly desert out here.
Out near the end fo the out and back we checked out the leftover bits on the Silver Cloud mine.
While looking at the maps, the thought of doing a multi-day MTB self-sustained camping loop would be cool.
Unfortunately, 75 percent of the park has been designated as wilderness so much of the cool bits would be off limits to bikes. I only cut through a small sliver of this place. I some point I’m going to get back here to check out the northern end of the place.
