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After my break at the Valley Wells store, I'm recharged and begin my way up Aiken Mine Road

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04283-aiken-mine-road.jpg I ride down the bridge over I-15 and take a long break at the busy (it's Saturday) Valley Wells gas station storeThumbnailsCoyote melon growing along the side of Excelsior Mine RoadI ride down the bridge over I-15 and take a long break at the busy (it's Saturday) Valley Wells gas station storeThumbnailsCoyote melon growing along the side of Excelsior Mine RoadI ride down the bridge over I-15 and take a long break at the busy (it's Saturday) Valley Wells gas station storeThumbnailsCoyote melon growing along the side of Excelsior Mine RoadI ride down the bridge over I-15 and take a long break at the busy (it's Saturday) Valley Wells gas station storeThumbnailsCoyote melon growing along the side of Excelsior Mine RoadI ride down the bridge over I-15 and take a long break at the busy (it's Saturday) Valley Wells gas station storeThumbnailsCoyote melon growing along the side of Excelsior Mine Road

I pass one of those small "Entering Mojave National Preserve" signs near the start of Aiken Mine Road. I've wanted to ride up this road for years, but never fit it into my previous trips. The road begins with a hard-packed sandy surface.