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04299-aiken-mine-road.jpg I stop briefly to take in the views of the Clark Mountain Range behind me, where I camped the last three nightsThumbnailsFour miles up the sandy Aiken Mine Road from the Valley Wells store, I reach the abandoned settlement at Rock TankI stop briefly to take in the views of the Clark Mountain Range behind me, where I camped the last three nightsThumbnailsFour miles up the sandy Aiken Mine Road from the Valley Wells store, I reach the abandoned settlement at Rock TankI stop briefly to take in the views of the Clark Mountain Range behind me, where I camped the last three nightsThumbnailsFour miles up the sandy Aiken Mine Road from the Valley Wells store, I reach the abandoned settlement at Rock TankI stop briefly to take in the views of the Clark Mountain Range behind me, where I camped the last three nightsThumbnailsFour miles up the sandy Aiken Mine Road from the Valley Wells store, I reach the abandoned settlement at Rock TankI stop briefly to take in the views of the Clark Mountain Range behind me, where I camped the last three nightsThumbnailsFour miles up the sandy Aiken Mine Road from the Valley Wells store, I reach the abandoned settlement at Rock Tank

That's OK, I just get off the bike and hike it until road conditions improve. The pattern continues: stretches of road that I can't ride due to deep sand, followed by road that I can ride because the sand is just a thin layer on a hard-packed surface.