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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 /

I set up my tent, then go for a walk; Mojave asters along the powerline road near Kelso Peak

3389-mojave-asters.jpg I park the 10-ton bike and go for a walk when I see some openings in the landscape that might make for a good campsiteThumbnailsOrange desert mallow flowers and dark-blue indigo bush near my powerline-road campsite near Kelso PeakI park the 10-ton bike and go for a walk when I see some openings in the landscape that might make for a good campsiteThumbnailsOrange desert mallow flowers and dark-blue indigo bush near my powerline-road campsite near Kelso PeakI park the 10-ton bike and go for a walk when I see some openings in the landscape that might make for a good campsiteThumbnailsOrange desert mallow flowers and dark-blue indigo bush near my powerline-road campsite near Kelso PeakI park the 10-ton bike and go for a walk when I see some openings in the landscape that might make for a good campsiteThumbnailsOrange desert mallow flowers and dark-blue indigo bush near my powerline-road campsite near Kelso PeakI park the 10-ton bike and go for a walk when I see some openings in the landscape that might make for a good campsiteThumbnailsOrange desert mallow flowers and dark-blue indigo bush near my powerline-road campsite near Kelso Peak

More flowers populate this area than in the drier creosote-bush landscape that I passed through during much of the day.