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After the big curve coming up, the fun hill down Morning Star Mine Road will begin

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00284-morning-star-mine-road-800px.jpg At the start of the long ride down Morning Star Mine Road, I stop to look up toward Butcher Knife CanyonThumbnailsWheeeeee, Morning Star Mine Road descends into the Ivanpah Valley and the haze of the dayAt the start of the long ride down Morning Star Mine Road, I stop to look up toward Butcher Knife CanyonThumbnailsWheeeeee, Morning Star Mine Road descends into the Ivanpah Valley and the haze of the dayAt the start of the long ride down Morning Star Mine Road, I stop to look up toward Butcher Knife CanyonThumbnailsWheeeeee, Morning Star Mine Road descends into the Ivanpah Valley and the haze of the dayAt the start of the long ride down Morning Star Mine Road, I stop to look up toward Butcher Knife CanyonThumbnailsWheeeeee, Morning Star Mine Road descends into the Ivanpah Valley and the haze of the dayAt the start of the long ride down Morning Star Mine Road, I stop to look up toward Butcher Knife CanyonThumbnailsWheeeeee, Morning Star Mine Road descends into the Ivanpah Valley and the haze of the day

It's not extremely busy, but this is one of the busiest roads in Mojave National Preserve. Traffic is fast-moving and the road does not sport a paved shoulder.