Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / Fall 2011: Route 66 bicycle-camping—Cady Mountains, Sleeping Beauty and Kelso Dunes Wilderness / Day 6: Ludlow to Cady Mountains bicycle ride 17
The thermometer reaches a balmy 70F today for today's fairly easy 20-mile ride from Ludlow to the Cady Mountains.
Morning at the Ludlow Motel is nice and quiet; I walk over to The Café next-door for a home-cooked breakfast
The morning after Thanksgiving, Ludlow Café is almost deserted, which is unusual
Crap! I have the dreaded headwind while riding westward out of Ludlow alongside the I-40 freeway
I take note of a makeshift land-for-sale sign while riding past Sleeping Beauty
Old Route 66 crosses over the I-40 freeway
As I approach the Pisgah Crater area along Old Route 66, I take note of the many pink plants growing on the shoulder
Here's one of those photos that I have to take each time I pass by here: Route 66 crosses the train tracks at Pisgah siding
5 miles later, it's time to cross I-40 again, this time by crossing under it
My gears are acting up still, so I pour more lubricant onto them
This short worn-out paved road (perhaps once a part of Old Route 66?) has a gouge down the middle where the yellow line would be
OK, the pavement has departed, and I'm headed up into the Cady Mountains on dirt and gravel
I pause on the way up the gentle hill leading into the Cady Mountains to look back on the sandy road
More loose rock along the road as I slowly rise and enter the Cady Mountains
As hoped, the road surface is firmer as I get higher into the Cady Mountains
As I ride though Cady Mountains pass, I start looking more seriously for a campsite for the next two nights
I check out the side roads as I ride through Cady Mountains pass and find a great campsite for two nights, before sunset even
Ludlow to Cady Mountains bicycle ride, elevation profile