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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2010, Mojave National Preserve / Day 9: Nipton to Malpais Spring by bicycle via Walking Box Ranch Road, Mojave National Preserve /

The plateau at the top of Malpais Spring Road and a few old stretches of range fence receive the orange glow of end-of-day sun

6291-malpais-spring-road.jpg I put on my sweater and long pants and decide to set up camp in the turn-out at the top of Malpais Spring RoadThumbnailsFluffy white stuff on a small barrel cactus at the top of Malpais Spring RoadI put on my sweater and long pants and decide to set up camp in the turn-out at the top of Malpais Spring RoadThumbnailsFluffy white stuff on a small barrel cactus at the top of Malpais Spring RoadI put on my sweater and long pants and decide to set up camp in the turn-out at the top of Malpais Spring RoadThumbnailsFluffy white stuff on a small barrel cactus at the top of Malpais Spring RoadI put on my sweater and long pants and decide to set up camp in the turn-out at the top of Malpais Spring RoadThumbnailsFluffy white stuff on a small barrel cactus at the top of Malpais Spring RoadI put on my sweater and long pants and decide to set up camp in the turn-out at the top of Malpais Spring RoadThumbnailsFluffy white stuff on a small barrel cactus at the top of Malpais Spring Road

There's white stuff on that barrel cactus; I'll take a closer look.