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Standing on the Cima Road bridge, I look west down Interstate 15, the source of the garbage trapped on the fence I just passed

04281-i15.jpg Still on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar breakThumbnailsRed-yellow light is cast across the lower western flank of Cima Dome at sunset near Button Mountain, Mojave National PreserveStill on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar breakThumbnailsRed-yellow light is cast across the lower western flank of Cima Dome at sunset near Button Mountain, Mojave National PreserveStill on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar breakThumbnailsRed-yellow light is cast across the lower western flank of Cima Dome at sunset near Button Mountain, Mojave National PreserveStill on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar breakThumbnailsRed-yellow light is cast across the lower western flank of Cima Dome at sunset near Button Mountain, Mojave National PreserveStill on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar breakThumbnailsRed-yellow light is cast across the lower western flank of Cima Dome at sunset near Button Mountain, Mojave National Preserve

I've never ridden any of the I-15 freeway, and considered doing part of it on this trip. However a bike trip across Aiken Mine Road, which I've also never gotten around to doing, is much more compelling and will be more peaceful, though slower.