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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2008: Mojave National Preserve Mountain-Bike Camping and Hike / Day 12: Keystone Canyon to Sunrise Rock near Cima Dome, Mojave National Preserve /

I'm glad to finally be on the top of Morning Star Mine Road, but the headwind pushing me back is even more ferocious up here!

00795-morning-star-mine-top.jpg I take a break on the way up endless Morning Star Mine Road (at the old corral) and see a bicycle speed down the roadThumbnailsAfter a couple of miles, I pass the Cima Store at 4200 feet, and it's actually open this time, at this late hour!I take a break on the way up endless Morning Star Mine Road (at the old corral) and see a bicycle speed down the roadThumbnailsAfter a couple of miles, I pass the Cima Store at 4200 feet, and it's actually open this time, at this late hour!I take a break on the way up endless Morning Star Mine Road (at the old corral) and see a bicycle speed down the roadThumbnailsAfter a couple of miles, I pass the Cima Store at 4200 feet, and it's actually open this time, at this late hour!I take a break on the way up endless Morning Star Mine Road (at the old corral) and see a bicycle speed down the roadThumbnailsAfter a couple of miles, I pass the Cima Store at 4200 feet, and it's actually open this time, at this late hour!I take a break on the way up endless Morning Star Mine Road (at the old corral) and see a bicycle speed down the roadThumbnailsAfter a couple of miles, I pass the Cima Store at 4200 feet, and it's actually open this time, at this late hour!

It's already almost 17h and I haven't decided where I'm going to end the day yet. I think I'll keep going and head down toward Kelso Depot, since I know there's water there, and I may need that by the end of tomorrow.

I stop by the power lines for another short break and a chocolate energy bar.