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The first ten miles of Kelbaker Road into Mojave National Preserve out of Baker looks flat, but it actually climbs 1000 feet

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06309-kelbaker-road-flat-800px.jpg Freeway traffic behind me now, I enter Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsAfter ten miles, Kelbaker Road bends sharply away from civilizationFreeway traffic behind me now, I enter Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsAfter ten miles, Kelbaker Road bends sharply away from civilizationFreeway traffic behind me now, I enter Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsAfter ten miles, Kelbaker Road bends sharply away from civilizationFreeway traffic behind me now, I enter Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsAfter ten miles, Kelbaker Road bends sharply away from civilizationFreeway traffic behind me now, I enter Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsAfter ten miles, Kelbaker Road bends sharply away from civilization

I have a nice tailwind here, so, like a motorist, I'm barely aware that I'm slowly heading uphill.