Been there many times.
Winter is not a good time and they do close for the season. June through September is what we shoot for. Wind can blow.
The Bodie curse is don't take anything with you (pick up and take as there is vintage stuff everywhere lying about) or you will have serious bad luck.
Enter off HWY 395 about 20 mi north of Lee Vining and Mono Lake. Bodie Road is about 13 miles long to the guard shack/pay booth. Last three miles of this road is dirt.
Once you park you just foot it around and look at all the buildings and the town in very much the original un-restored condition.