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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2010, Mojave National Preserve / Day 1: Baker, California to Kelso Peak area, Mojave National Preserve /

One of my favorite moments of riding up Kelbaker Road is when I reach the edge of the lava, at left, about 13 miles out of Baker

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3297-kelbaker-road-lava.jpg Oh look, my first balloon sighting of this Mojave National Preserve trip (that white thing)ThumbnailsMy next break along Kelbaker Road is near the road to the Rainy Day Mine site, with the cinder cones in the backgroundOh look, my first balloon sighting of this Mojave National Preserve trip (that white thing)ThumbnailsMy next break along Kelbaker Road is near the road to the Rainy Day Mine site, with the cinder cones in the backgroundOh look, my first balloon sighting of this Mojave National Preserve trip (that white thing)ThumbnailsMy next break along Kelbaker Road is near the road to the Rainy Day Mine site, with the cinder cones in the backgroundOh look, my first balloon sighting of this Mojave National Preserve trip (that white thing)ThumbnailsMy next break along Kelbaker Road is near the road to the Rainy Day Mine site, with the cinder cones in the backgroundOh look, my first balloon sighting of this Mojave National Preserve trip (that white thing)ThumbnailsMy next break along Kelbaker Road is near the road to the Rainy Day Mine site, with the cinder cones in the background

The scenery is nice, and there is a historical site to be admired in the hills at my left. Perhaps more important is the slight downhill here alongside the lava, which only an overheating bicyclist would notice.