Bob
With the bug and tear, I would go in the Southern entrance off the 10
the north entrance would mean, going through the Morongo Valley and the climb up and into Yucca Valley, probably the nicer drive, but the climb is daunting with an under powered vehicle.
That's the way to go to the club's dark-sky site and the reason I went from a 4 banger Frontier to an F150, that was over kil, but the drive is so much better.
The campground near the southern entrance is Cotton Wood Springs, quite nice and there is good seperation between camp sites