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The sun goes down behind me with a nice belt-of-Venus over Ivanpah Valley below as I continue riding up Ivanpah Road

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4896-sunset.jpg Finally, I've reached the flatter, upper part of Ivanpah Road, still with blurry shadows due to the eclipseThumbnailsWell after dark, I find a nice campsite along a road near Mail Spring, Mojave National Preserve, and set up for a couple of daysFinally, I've reached the flatter, upper part of Ivanpah Road, still with blurry shadows due to the eclipseThumbnailsWell after dark, I find a nice campsite along a road near Mail Spring, Mojave National Preserve, and set up for a couple of daysFinally, I've reached the flatter, upper part of Ivanpah Road, still with blurry shadows due to the eclipseThumbnailsWell after dark, I find a nice campsite along a road near Mail Spring, Mojave National Preserve, and set up for a couple of daysFinally, I've reached the flatter, upper part of Ivanpah Road, still with blurry shadows due to the eclipseThumbnailsWell after dark, I find a nice campsite along a road near Mail Spring, Mojave National Preserve, and set up for a couple of daysFinally, I've reached the flatter, upper part of Ivanpah Road, still with blurry shadows due to the eclipseThumbnailsWell after dark, I find a nice campsite along a road near Mail Spring, Mojave National Preserve, and set up for a couple of daysFinally, I've reached the flatter, upper part of Ivanpah Road, still with blurry shadows due to the eclipseThumbnailsWell after dark, I find a nice campsite along a road near Mail Spring, Mojave National Preserve, and set up for a couple of days

It gets dark, and I ride past only one other oncoming car on my way to the Mail Spring area. I'm tired beyond tired, but I want to keep going to higher ground as originally planned in the hope that it won't be so hot up there tomorrow!