To get across Hwy 395 we rode up and over Peavine, down Peavine Rd, north up the Western Pacific railroad tracks, then crossed 395 on the Red Rock Road underpass. You make the first left at the Shell Station then you're back on dirt heading up toward Granite Peak:
From there you wind your way around the north edge of Cold Springs, along the base of Petersen Mountain, cut NE to Red Rock Road (way out there), cross it and on to Moon Rocks. There are lots and lots of roads and trails out in the desert so you really need to pre-plan the ride and trust your GPS.
Ken was happy when following the little blue line on my GPS got us to the Red Rock Road crossing:
He was so happy when we reached this weird place near Moon Rocks:
That he climbed up to their hilltop altar and... I actually don't know what the hell he is doing:
Looking back the way we came from "Altar Hill":
And here we are at the actual Rocks of the Moon (his pictures are probably a lot better):
We saw two tigers on the way back, near where we crossed Hwy 395:
Then we discovered that our route up to the railroad tracks and down them was actually private property owned by someone who is known to shoot trespassers. Rats, there were no signs or fences on the way in from Peavine so we didn't know. The guy who stopped and warned us told us about another route over/around Peavine on it's north side that got us back to Dog Valley and on to our starting point.
A successful mission!
P.S. - SPOT did well at sending our real-time position in track mode, here is what my public SPOT page looks like today:
Or planning the route around the tree.