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Back on Highway 190, I begin the slow descent to Death Valley Junction some 15 miles further and 1000 feet lower

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dvj-000013-me-dvj-descent.jpg More at the abandoned campgroundThumbnailsThe tiny village of Death Valley Junction sits off in the distance another 7 miles or soMore at the abandoned campgroundThumbnailsThe tiny village of Death Valley Junction sits off in the distance another 7 miles or soMore at the abandoned campgroundThumbnailsThe tiny village of Death Valley Junction sits off in the distance another 7 miles or soMore at the abandoned campgroundThumbnailsThe tiny village of Death Valley Junction sits off in the distance another 7 miles or soMore at the abandoned campgroundThumbnailsThe tiny village of Death Valley Junction sits off in the distance another 7 miles or so

I had a light tailwind during the entire climb out of Death Valley, but up at the summit, the wind has changed direction and now I have a light headwind. I have to pedal to get any speed at all on this slow downhill.