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A few miles further up Kelbaker Road is the "watch for tortoises" sign; I still haven't seen one yet

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3244-tortoise-watch.jpg A while after my break at Kelbaker Road's 10-mile curve, I pause as I pass the dirt road that leads down to 17-Mile PointThumbnailsMore Mojave asters along the powerline road near Kelso PeakA while after my break at Kelbaker Road's 10-mile curve, I pause as I pass the dirt road that leads down to 17-Mile PointThumbnailsMore Mojave asters along the powerline road near Kelso PeakA while after my break at Kelbaker Road's 10-mile curve, I pause as I pass the dirt road that leads down to 17-Mile PointThumbnailsMore Mojave asters along the powerline road near Kelso PeakA while after my break at Kelbaker Road's 10-mile curve, I pause as I pass the dirt road that leads down to 17-Mile PointThumbnailsMore Mojave asters along the powerline road near Kelso PeakA while after my break at Kelbaker Road's 10-mile curve, I pause as I pass the dirt road that leads down to 17-Mile PointThumbnailsMore Mojave asters along the powerline road near Kelso Peak

Kelbaker Road is a slow, gentle uphill, and I'll rise 1000 feet during the first 10 miles to reach those low hills ahead. The rise is almost imperceptible to someone driving a car. With close to 100F forecast, I need to get to higher, cooler ground.