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gb-000009-devils-cornfield-more.jpg The 10-ton bike takes another brief break at the Devil's Corn FieldThumbnailsAbout nine miles further on Highway 190, while riding south down the other side of Death Valley, I pass the Beatty CutoffThe 10-ton bike takes another brief break at the Devil's Corn FieldThumbnailsAbout nine miles further on Highway 190, while riding south down the other side of Death Valley, I pass the Beatty CutoffThe 10-ton bike takes another brief break at the Devil's Corn FieldThumbnailsAbout nine miles further on Highway 190, while riding south down the other side of Death Valley, I pass the Beatty CutoffThe 10-ton bike takes another brief break at the Devil's Corn FieldThumbnailsAbout nine miles further on Highway 190, while riding south down the other side of Death Valley, I pass the Beatty CutoffThe 10-ton bike takes another brief break at the Devil's Corn FieldThumbnailsAbout nine miles further on Highway 190, while riding south down the other side of Death Valley, I pass the Beatty Cutoff

In my view of the mountains ahead, I try to locate Monarch Canyon, where I camped a few days ago for two nights. It's roughly straight ahead somewhere, up near the top.

I see heat rising off the road, and it probably rises off me too while I ride.