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The 10-ton bike waits outside the doors to the Kelso Depot visitor centre

07362-bike-kelso-depot-800px.jpg National Parks Service did an excellent job restoring Kelso DepotThumbnailsAt the end of Kelso Dunes Road, I rejoin the pavement of Kelbaker RoadNational Parks Service did an excellent job restoring Kelso DepotThumbnailsAt the end of Kelso Dunes Road, I rejoin the pavement of Kelbaker RoadNational Parks Service did an excellent job restoring Kelso DepotThumbnailsAt the end of Kelso Dunes Road, I rejoin the pavement of Kelbaker RoadNational Parks Service did an excellent job restoring Kelso DepotThumbnailsAt the end of Kelso Dunes Road, I rejoin the pavement of Kelbaker RoadNational Parks Service did an excellent job restoring Kelso DepotThumbnailsAt the end of Kelso Dunes Road, I rejoin the pavement of Kelbaker Road

I step inside Kelso Depot to buy a souvenir T-shirt from the gift shop, which I always forget to do. The woman at the entrance counter says, "You're back," remembering me from my Spring 2006 Mojave National Preserve trip.

I'm a bit surprised that she remembers me, since that was 18 months ago, but I do sometimes stand out in a crowd. I chuckle and tell her that I won't be asking her this time to unlock the downstairs closet with the water tap, since I filled up at Coyote Springs yesterday.