Crossing the Mojave River...
Crossing the Mojave River.
The Mojave Road Recreational Road sort of ends at the Afton Campground after crossing the Mojave River. The water in the river was over the headlights on some vehicles. The campground is an official BLM-maintained site with modern pit toilets. From the campground, most travelers take the county road to I-15 and consider the trip over. The Lone Riders decided to stay on it a few more miles to search for a site called the Triangles.
The original Mojave Road followed the floor of the Mojave River Basin. It must have been quite a challenge tugging wagons through the very deep sand.
The mileages in the Mojave Road Guide are of no use here, but the descriptions of landmarks are still helpful. After a few wrong turns, the Lone Riders found the Triangle site. They hiked up the mesa from a loop-shaped parking area and found a road at the top coming in from another direction. No effort was made to find the entrance to that road. The Triangle site was not impressive to anyone in the group, none of whom is an archaeologist.
The Lone Riders continued upriver to the last exit before the Mojave Road enters private land. They followed the path back to the access road for I-15, then drove to the town of Yermo for dinner at Peggy Sue's Diner.
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