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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Fall: Mojave National Preserve / Day 1: Baker to east side of Devil's Playground, northwest of Old Dad Mountain, by bicycle, Mojave National Preserve /

This Devil's Playground campsite is perfect near Old Kelso Road, with pointy Cowhole Mountain in the background

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06228-old-kelso-road.jpg The brilliant pink Mojave Desert sunset is reflecting in the clouds to the east of meThumbnailsDevil's Playground sunset completed, the tent is set up for the next two daysThe brilliant pink Mojave Desert sunset is reflecting in the clouds to the east of meThumbnailsDevil's Playground sunset completed, the tent is set up for the next two daysThe brilliant pink Mojave Desert sunset is reflecting in the clouds to the east of meThumbnailsDevil's Playground sunset completed, the tent is set up for the next two daysThe brilliant pink Mojave Desert sunset is reflecting in the clouds to the east of meThumbnailsDevil's Playground sunset completed, the tent is set up for the next two daysThe brilliant pink Mojave Desert sunset is reflecting in the clouds to the east of meThumbnailsDevil's Playground sunset completed, the tent is set up for the next two days

I dismantle the 10-ton bike here, walk my bags to the top of the mound, stash the bike behind some bushes (it's not allowed in Wilderness areas), and set up camp for the next two days.