IMHO there is nothing more relaxing than a slow putt thru the Mojave under a Full Moon. Haven't told the wife yet, but if nothing serious happens to stop me, on Friday, June 1st, at or about 11:30 pm, I'll be filling up at the Pilot Travel Center #307 on Indian Ave just south of the I-10 in North Palm Springs.
(A) Get a cup of coffee and some food and wait to see if anyone shows up. (no one did last time.) After midnight it is onto the I-10, 50 miles east to exit 120 and Box Canyon Rd, north into Joshua Tree National Park.
(B) At 1 AM, the full moon should be high in the sky. 36 miles north along a paved road with *NO* other traffic to the Pinto Wye
(C), a left and 21 miles to the park exit
(D). Somewhere along the ride through the park I'll be pulling over for a break and brewing a cup of tea. A 36 mile jaunt thru sleeping Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley and Desert Hot Springs takes me back to the same Pilot Travel Center -- after 140 miles I'll be needing gasoline, which is why you need to know where the 24 hour stations are.
The 110 miles to/from Home & N. Palm Springs doesn't count as a part of the ride.