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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2010, Mojave National Preserve / Day 3: Kelso Peak area to Mid Hills campground, Mojave National Preserve, by bicycle /

Once back on the pavement of Kelbaker Road, I begin the always-wonderful 12-mile downhill to Kelso

3806-kelbaker-road.jpg I walk my packed saddlebags back to the powerline road, assemble the 10-ton bike, then ride a short distance to reach pavementThumbnailsAs I coast down Kelbaker Road, I glance often at Kelso Peak, where I hiked yesterdayI walk my packed saddlebags back to the powerline road, assemble the 10-ton bike, then ride a short distance to reach pavementThumbnailsAs I coast down Kelbaker Road, I glance often at Kelso Peak, where I hiked yesterdayI walk my packed saddlebags back to the powerline road, assemble the 10-ton bike, then ride a short distance to reach pavementThumbnailsAs I coast down Kelbaker Road, I glance often at Kelso Peak, where I hiked yesterdayI walk my packed saddlebags back to the powerline road, assemble the 10-ton bike, then ride a short distance to reach pavementThumbnailsAs I coast down Kelbaker Road, I glance often at Kelso Peak, where I hiked yesterdayI walk my packed saddlebags back to the powerline road, assemble the 10-ton bike, then ride a short distance to reach pavementThumbnailsAs I coast down Kelbaker Road, I glance often at Kelso Peak, where I hiked yesterday

The descent on the pretty patched pavement begins quite gradually; an occasional automobile passes by.