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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 Elevation profile of bicycle route from Baker to Devil's Playground campsiteThumbnailsAll packed up, I finally leave Baker and ride over the I-15 freeway and enter Mojave National Preserve in the brilliant sunshineElevation profile of bicycle route from Baker to Devil's Playground campsiteThumbnailsAll packed up, I finally leave Baker and ride over the I-15 freeway and enter Mojave National Preserve in the brilliant sunshineElevation profile of bicycle route from Baker to Devil's Playground campsiteThumbnailsAll packed up, I finally leave Baker and ride over the I-15 freeway and enter Mojave National Preserve in the brilliant sunshineElevation profile of bicycle route from Baker to Devil's Playground campsiteThumbnailsAll packed up, I finally leave Baker and ride over the I-15 freeway and enter Mojave National Preserve in the brilliant sunshineElevation profile of bicycle route from Baker to Devil's Playground campsiteThumbnailsAll packed up, I finally leave Baker and ride over the I-15 freeway and enter Mojave National Preserve in the brilliant sunshine

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.