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The signs behind me warned that the road would turn sharply to the left after crossing the tracks

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00500-sharp-right-800px.jpg A quarter mile or so beyond the freeway crossing, I reach the Mojave National Preserve entrance marker and leave the past behindThumbnailsAt the top of Kelbaker Road at 3800 feet, the last 20 miles into Baker at 925 feet will be a gentle downhill (in the dark)A quarter mile or so beyond the freeway crossing, I reach the Mojave National Preserve entrance marker and leave the past behindThumbnailsAt the top of Kelbaker Road at 3800 feet, the last 20 miles into Baker at 925 feet will be a gentle downhill (in the dark)A quarter mile or so beyond the freeway crossing, I reach the Mojave National Preserve entrance marker and leave the past behindThumbnailsAt the top of Kelbaker Road at 3800 feet, the last 20 miles into Baker at 925 feet will be a gentle downhill (in the dark)A quarter mile or so beyond the freeway crossing, I reach the Mojave National Preserve entrance marker and leave the past behindThumbnailsAt the top of Kelbaker Road at 3800 feet, the last 20 miles into Baker at 925 feet will be a gentle downhill (in the dark)A quarter mile or so beyond the freeway crossing, I reach the Mojave National Preserve entrance marker and leave the past behindThumbnailsAt the top of Kelbaker Road at 3800 feet, the last 20 miles into Baker at 925 feet will be a gentle downhill (in the dark)

My destination today, Keystone Canyon, is on the other side of the New York Mountains ahead. Getting there will require more climbing and then riding through a low pass.