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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 /

Just ahead of me, the power lines cross Kelbaker Road at about 3700 feet elevation; the powerline road is my goal for the day

3366-kelbaker-road.jpg I take note of some blooming indigo bushes as I get closer to the powerline roadThumbnailsRiding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crowI take note of some blooming indigo bushes as I get closer to the powerline roadThumbnailsRiding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crowI take note of some blooming indigo bushes as I get closer to the powerline roadThumbnailsRiding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crowI take note of some blooming indigo bushes as I get closer to the powerline roadThumbnailsRiding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crowI take note of some blooming indigo bushes as I get closer to the powerline roadThumbnailsRiding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crow

I'm still feeling overheated, but there is a slightly cool breeze up here, now that I'm 2500 feet above the heat of Baker back in the valley.