2015 WAYALIFE Newbie Run / Camping Trip : March 7-8
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OverlanderJK
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Having a wench serviced is good but I prefer to be serviced by a wench.
If someone is bringing wenches that will service me I will 110% be camping.
Sola_Christos
Member
Are there any spots left?? I'm free to go now...!! 
Sola_Christos
Member
Hey dude! If there's still space I' ll see you there!
K.D.C.H
New member
Eddie - Is there a recommended hotel to stay at Friday night?
Also to everyone else, if your coming from the northers California area let me know, it would be great for us all to meet up somewhere and all drive down together. My plan is to head down Friday and stay at a hotel and grab some dinner, head to the trail head in the morning, camp out that night and head home the next day.
Let me know
Also to everyone else, if your coming from the northers California area let me know, it would be great for us all to meet up somewhere and all drive down together. My plan is to head down Friday and stay at a hotel and grab some dinner, head to the trail head in the morning, camp out that night and head home the next day.
Let me know
JK LYF
New member
I think I'm gonna try to do the same. Let me know if you find a hotel for Friday night? I'll look today as well.
K.D.C.H
New member
JK LYF
New member
Good. I'll look as soon as I can get to a computer. Let me know if you find something.
K.D.C.H
New member
I'm looking at the Motel 6 Mojave right on the corner of 58 and 14. There's a gas station, supermarket and a few places to eat all within walking distance of it. Let me know you thoughts.
I'll wait to book until I hear from Eddie if this is the area we should be staying in or not
Jeephooligan
New member
Mojave isn't the greatest place to stay:icon_crazy:. (I grew up there) The whole town is kinda one giant truck stop. I'd look at getting a hotel in Tehachapi if your coming from the north . It will add about 20 minutes to the drive time in the morning but room are A LOT nicer and food options are way better.
sitruc
New member
Or look in Ridgecrest, it's about 20 minutes from the Trail Head.
HighwayTrout
Hooked
Best hotel in Mojave is the Mariah Country inn right next door to the CHP office.
Primo Burger is decent junk food for cheap. Stockens Doughnuts behind the shell gas station makes damn good breakfast sandwiches.
If you stay at the motel 6 or best western. Get the 2nd floor incase someone decides to drive their car into the bottom floor. Again...
Primo Burger is decent junk food for cheap. Stockens Doughnuts behind the shell gas station makes damn good breakfast sandwiches.
If you stay at the motel 6 or best western. Get the 2nd floor incase someone decides to drive their car into the bottom floor. Again...
K.D.C.H
New member
Okay, so from the trail head it looks as though the distances to the nearest towns with hotels are as follow's
California City - 25 minutes / 21 miles
Mojave - 25 minutes / 27 miles
Ridgecrest - 33 minutes / 30 miles
Tehachapi - 40 minutes / 42 miles
Tehachapi seems to be the nicest option with plenty of hotels and restaurants and it's the first town on the list coming from up north
Mojave is a lot closer but like Jeephooligan said, it seems to just be a truck stop town
Ridgecrest is north of the trail head but driving down from up north we'd have to go through Tehachapi and Mojave, almost pass by the trail head and then go past it about 30 minutes
California City seems nice and close but not a whole lot out there
To me, Tehachapi seems to be the better option here for the Jeepers coming from the north but please feel free to post up your thoughts. It would be great to get us all at the same hotel Friday night (if you're planning on staying at one) and maybe all go out and grab some dinner. In the morning we could all head out together to the trail head
California City - 25 minutes / 21 miles
Mojave - 25 minutes / 27 miles
Ridgecrest - 33 minutes / 30 miles
Tehachapi - 40 minutes / 42 miles
Tehachapi seems to be the nicest option with plenty of hotels and restaurants and it's the first town on the list coming from up north
Mojave is a lot closer but like Jeephooligan said, it seems to just be a truck stop town
Ridgecrest is north of the trail head but driving down from up north we'd have to go through Tehachapi and Mojave, almost pass by the trail head and then go past it about 30 minutes
California City seems nice and close but not a whole lot out there
To me, Tehachapi seems to be the better option here for the Jeepers coming from the north but please feel free to post up your thoughts. It would be great to get us all at the same hotel Friday night (if you're planning on staying at one) and maybe all go out and grab some dinner. In the morning we could all head out together to the trail head
Having been to all of those places many times, Tehachapi is the only one that has a slightly normal hotel/restaurant scene with Ridgecrest not far behind. I'd be scared to spend the night in Mojave haha... but Primo Burger does have a damn good breakfast sammy. :thumb:
Really, you couldn't pay me to stay in a hotel anywhere near Red Rock Canyon when there's so much free camping right there. Pitch a tent on some BLM land, enjoy a campfire and wake up 30 mins before the run ready to roll! Repeat for 2 or 3 nights! :rock:
Really, you couldn't pay me to stay in a hotel anywhere near Red Rock Canyon when there's so much free camping right there. Pitch a tent on some BLM land, enjoy a campfire and wake up 30 mins before the run ready to roll! Repeat for 2 or 3 nights! :rock:
JK LYF
New member
Good call....I called them and they have availability for Friday night. Rooms are about 80 bucks a night......Think Im gonna go that route if anyone is interested......And yes, they are next door to CHP office.....Maybe we can request Chippies to keep an our on our rigs!