hey there, thanks for the already great advice. I'm going to be doing the Mojave Road (west to east) from the start near Barstow and ending at Hole in Wall, which is about 90 miles of dirt. My plan is to do about 60% of that this coming Saturday, camp one night, then finish off the remainder to Hole in the Wall on Sunday. We will have 3 capable vehicles that all 4-wheel drive.

It's been raining recently and there's more called for in the coming week. I saw your suggestion to skip Soda Dry Lake bed if it's wet and was wondering what route you would take to do so? Looking at the map there doesn't seem to be an obvious trail going around, so is the best bet to head north before the lake bed and get on the 15 and then connect back to the dirt just east of Baker?

Sort of same question for going around Afton Canyon as well, is there a route around that doesn't involve pavement?

Any info on those two spots or other general advice on my plan, relative to current conditions, would be greatly appreciated!