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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 16: Button Mountain to Baker by bicycle via Aiken Mine Road, with a stop at the Lava Tube, Mojave National Preserve /

I begin the enjoyable 20-mile ride down Kelbaker Road to Baker, and stop taking photos because my camera has run out of memory

04546-kelbaker-road.jpg After a final mile and a half of washboard on Aiken Mine Road, I reach Kelbaker Road's pavementThumbnailsThe last 10-15 miles into Baker on Kelbaker Road are always the most pensive on my bicycle-camping tripsAfter a final mile and a half of washboard on Aiken Mine Road, I reach Kelbaker Road's pavementThumbnailsThe last 10-15 miles into Baker on Kelbaker Road are always the most pensive on my bicycle-camping tripsAfter a final mile and a half of washboard on Aiken Mine Road, I reach Kelbaker Road's pavementThumbnailsThe last 10-15 miles into Baker on Kelbaker Road are always the most pensive on my bicycle-camping tripsAfter a final mile and a half of washboard on Aiken Mine Road, I reach Kelbaker Road's pavementThumbnailsThe last 10-15 miles into Baker on Kelbaker Road are always the most pensive on my bicycle-camping tripsAfter a final mile and a half of washboard on Aiken Mine Road, I reach Kelbaker Road's pavementThumbnailsThe last 10-15 miles into Baker on Kelbaker Road are always the most pensive on my bicycle-camping trips

I'll drop down a bit more than 2100 feet during the next 20 miles. The temperature rises slowly as I decend; temperatures are in the low 90s this afternoon in Baker.