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Morning in Baker, CA after filling up on needed calories from the breakfast buffet at the Big Boy restaurant

06030-baker.jpg I pause to stare toward today's destination: the Old Dad Mountain area on the east side of Devil's PlaygroundThumbnailsInside my room at Baker's Wills Fargo Motel last night, the 10-ton bike still waits patiently for todayI pause to stare toward today's destination: the Old Dad Mountain area on the east side of Devil's PlaygroundThumbnailsInside my room at Baker's Wills Fargo Motel last night, the 10-ton bike still waits patiently for todayI pause to stare toward today's destination: the Old Dad Mountain area on the east side of Devil's PlaygroundThumbnailsInside my room at Baker's Wills Fargo Motel last night, the 10-ton bike still waits patiently for todayI pause to stare toward today's destination: the Old Dad Mountain area on the east side of Devil's PlaygroundThumbnailsInside my room at Baker's Wills Fargo Motel last night, the 10-ton bike still waits patiently for todayI pause to stare toward today's destination: the Old Dad Mountain area on the east side of Devil's PlaygroundThumbnailsInside my room at Baker's Wills Fargo Motel last night, the 10-ton bike still waits patiently for today

The "world's tallest thermometer" looms behind me, showing off a balmy 50 degrees F. The breakfast buffet here isn't the most exciting, but it's fresh, ready and plentiful, and the fried potatoes are really good.