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I start by riding the two miles down Barstow's Main Street (Route 66) to the end of the east side of town

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2709-barstow-route-66.jpg OK, it's time; I pack up the 10-ton bike and leave the Route 66 Motel—I'll be in sleeping in a tent tonight; I can't waitThumbnailsBefore leaving Barstow, I stop at Walmart (a place I usually avoid) to buy a new CamelbakOK, it's time; I pack up the 10-ton bike and leave the Route 66 Motel—I'll be in sleeping in a tent tonight; I can't waitThumbnailsBefore leaving Barstow, I stop at Walmart (a place I usually avoid) to buy a new CamelbakOK, it's time; I pack up the 10-ton bike and leave the Route 66 Motel—I'll be in sleeping in a tent tonight; I can't waitThumbnailsBefore leaving Barstow, I stop at Walmart (a place I usually avoid) to buy a new CamelbakOK, it's time; I pack up the 10-ton bike and leave the Route 66 Motel—I'll be in sleeping in a tent tonight; I can't waitThumbnailsBefore leaving Barstow, I stop at Walmart (a place I usually avoid) to buy a new CamelbakOK, it's time; I pack up the 10-ton bike and leave the Route 66 Motel—I'll be in sleeping in a tent tonight; I can't waitThumbnailsBefore leaving Barstow, I stop at Walmart (a place I usually avoid) to buy a new CamelbakOK, it's time; I pack up the 10-ton bike and leave the Route 66 Motel—I'll be in sleeping in a tent tonight; I can't waitThumbnailsBefore leaving Barstow, I stop at Walmart (a place I usually avoid) to buy a new Camelbak

The bike lane here only lasts a few blocks, and is substandard because a third of it is taken up by the gutter, but I realize on a slow, uphill stretch that I prefer it to none at all.