Well covered by the current experts. Don’t know how you could have gotten anymore relevant information.
For your Desert Hot Springs stay; anticipate weird noises (well not weird out there:
https://www.29palms.marines.mil/Port...-29-161654-113)
I’m not counting any devil worshippers that you encounter at midnight at the Amboy Crater....
https://www.desertusa.com/desert-cal...ater-rt66.html. Enjoy your trip.