Camping with the Horses at Mojave River Forks Regional Park (Caution Picture Intensive)

Anagram · CORPORAL Number of posts: 20 Age: 40 Registration date: 2008-12-01

This fall we went camping with the horses at Mojave River Forks Regional Park. The trails were nice with a stream/riverbed to ride through and over. It was great fun.

The site has a large stone horse watering hole at shoulder height (to the horses) for drinking and whatever was in the water, the horses, in general couldn't get enough of it, not sure if it was because it was a constantly running water hole or if there were minerals in the water or what, but they played in it all the time. Notice my sweet little mare (the black) in the group. I am taking the picture.

There was a nice large campsite with water spigots. A nice place to put tents if you want to and large spaces for putting up corrals, parking your trailers and drive through access with a driveway loop.

Ricky, Rocky, KC and Chip

The trails were easy. No uphill/downhill steep grades to maneuver. Gentle slopes. The only negative to the trails was the large amount of rocks. I would recommend shod horses for the trails at this site. A horse with front shoes would probably do fine also. However, note that MOST of the trails were like this nice rock-free trail shown below - Sometimes you did need to cross rocks to get to the next stretch of rock-free trail

Brooks, Chitos and Casino

I really liked it that the equestrian facilities are across the highway from the main campsite. There was little chance that hikers or other people would come upon you or your campsite. There is a gate with a lock at the entrance also that we "locked" at night so no-one else could come in. We were the only group there the whole week-end and only ever saw one person - and that was at a distance.

Fees were only around $12.00 per night per unit - We brought our toyhauler and then went back for the horses and it was only $12.00 per night total - so a total of $24.00 for the two nights

Chitos and Casino

A couple of the kids around the fire - and my shoes lol!

My son and friends

Nutmeg, Brooks and Chitos

Too Cool for School on "Hustlers HI&MyT Sue" (KC)

Taking a break with Rocky

Ang' with her Andalusian, Casino - He is woolly already for winter here, but look at those gorgeous markings. This photo does not do him justice!

**Natalie Angstadt** · MAJOR Number of posts: 376 Location: Texas Registration date: 2008-12-01

How awesome! I love going trail riding in new and different places. Ive been to a bunch of places here in Texas and one time in Arizona. Always good to find other locals.

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**McShaneArabians**

Wow....that's awesome, and right in my neck of the woods...I live in Hesperia and would just have to trailer a very short distance...maybe if you go again and the weather is decent we could all go!...do you live nearby as well?

Anagram · CORPORAL Number of posts: 20 Age: 40 Registration date: 2008-12-01

Absolutely! - Would love to have you!!! It is super fun to go and it seems that we are on the go all the time! - Next time I will email you..

We're off 138 (the horses are anyways) on the way up to Phelan/Wrightwood - very close - It is about 45 minutes for us to get to the site. Not too bad.

Another site that is even nicer IMO is the Mojave Narrows Equestrian area. It is only 30 minutes to get there off of Bear Valley and I like the trails better.

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Anagram wrote:

Another site that is even nicer IMO is the Mojave Narrows Equestrian area. It is only 30 minutes to get there off of Bear Valley and I like the trails better.

After our little excursion to Mojave Narrows in January 2006 I have a fear of that place. LOL A client had the brilliant idea of doing a photo shoot there near the lake, so we took five horses (H/A Hunter gelding, PB Country English gelding, PB Western Pleasure gelding, PB Native Costume mare and PB W/T Country English Mare). All was going fine, we got two of the horses and their kids shot and my daughter was on her horse posing for the cameras when all Heck broke loose ~ my husband was helping a client as she was putting the halter around the little W/T mare's neck and one of the camels across the way stood up. SCARY! That little mare pulled away from the both of them (I was grabbing hold of my daughter's horse and getting her down off his back because he was amped about it) and proceeded to run through barbed wire numerous times. Needless to say, an emergency trip to the vet on a Sunday evening to sew her up was in order. Bad memories! affraid

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Anagram wrote:

Absolutely! - Would love to have you!!! It is super fun to go and it seems that we are on the go all the time! - Next time I will email you..

We're off 138 (the horses are anyways) on the way up to Phelan/Wrightwood - very close - It is about 45 minutes for us to get to the site. Not too bad.

Another site that is even nicer IMO is the Mojave Narrows Equestrian area. It is only 30 minutes to get there off of Bear Valley and I like the trails better.

Thanks that would be great...I haven't trail ridden in sooo long..and I think it's about a 25 minute drive as Summit Valley is "behind" me...would just go the back way to get there! You can reach me at McShaneArabians@aol.com
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