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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 15: Pachalka Spring to Button Mountain, Mojave National Preserve via Aiken Mine Road /

Close to the bottom of the northern road to Pachalka Spring, I stop to take a final look back toward the Clark Mountain Range

04263-pachalka-spring-road.jpg Still on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar breakThumbnailsI reach Excelsior Mine Road and pull over after a short distance to check out a water tank and cistern near the roadStill on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar breakThumbnailsI reach Excelsior Mine Road and pull over after a short distance to check out a water tank and cistern near the roadStill on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar breakThumbnailsI reach Excelsior Mine Road and pull over after a short distance to check out a water tank and cistern near the roadStill on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar breakThumbnailsI reach Excelsior Mine Road and pull over after a short distance to check out a water tank and cistern near the roadStill on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar breakThumbnailsI reach Excelsior Mine Road and pull over after a short distance to check out a water tank and cistern near the road

I should reach the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road in a few minutes, although I'm not seeing it just yet. Gee, I've dropped down almost 1500 feet over five miles.