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Finally I've made it to the top of Morning Star Mine Road

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03597-morning-star-mine-roa.jpg I divert my attention away from the climb by staring off into the distance at the Butcher Knife Canyon area of the Mid HillsThumbnailsTwo miles before the Cima store, Morning Star Road passes under one of the big power lines that cross the Mojave DesertI divert my attention away from the climb by staring off into the distance at the Butcher Knife Canyon area of the Mid HillsThumbnailsTwo miles before the Cima store, Morning Star Road passes under one of the big power lines that cross the Mojave DesertI divert my attention away from the climb by staring off into the distance at the Butcher Knife Canyon area of the Mid HillsThumbnailsTwo miles before the Cima store, Morning Star Road passes under one of the big power lines that cross the Mojave DesertI divert my attention away from the climb by staring off into the distance at the Butcher Knife Canyon area of the Mid HillsThumbnailsTwo miles before the Cima store, Morning Star Road passes under one of the big power lines that cross the Mojave DesertI divert my attention away from the climb by staring off into the distance at the Butcher Knife Canyon area of the Mid HillsThumbnailsTwo miles before the Cima store, Morning Star Road passes under one of the big power lines that cross the Mojave Desert

The road bears left here at the summit, then I'll have 3.5 miles of almost-flat downhill before I reach the Cima store. I've never been up the dirt roads that depart here to my right, one of which leads to the old Billy Boy Mine site.