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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 3: Cornfield Spring Road to Mid Hills Campground via Kelso Depot, Mojave National Preserve /

I take a one-hour break and cool down in Kelso Depot's air conditioning before starting the climb up to Mid Hills campground

01798-the-beanery.jpg Next to Kelso Depot is an old metal structure that was formerly used as Kelso's jail!ThumbnailsDownstairs in Kelso Depot is a model that shows how Kelso was back in the 1940sNext to Kelso Depot is an old metal structure that was formerly used as Kelso's jail!ThumbnailsDownstairs in Kelso Depot is a model that shows how Kelso was back in the 1940sNext to Kelso Depot is an old metal structure that was formerly used as Kelso's jail!ThumbnailsDownstairs in Kelso Depot is a model that shows how Kelso was back in the 1940sNext to Kelso Depot is an old metal structure that was formerly used as Kelso's jail!ThumbnailsDownstairs in Kelso Depot is a model that shows how Kelso was back in the 1940sNext to Kelso Depot is an old metal structure that was formerly used as Kelso's jail!ThumbnailsDownstairs in Kelso Depot is a model that shows how Kelso was back in the 1940s

This lunch counter used to called "The Beanery" back in the old days and just reopened a couple of months ago.

I chat a lot with the owner and drink some of his excellent ice-cold homemade tea, and a couple of cans of Coke for the caffeine buzz that I'll need to make it up to Mid Hills in today's heat. Oh, and two bags of potato chips too for some extra salt.