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Baker's "world's tallest thermometer," next to the Big Boy restaurant, registers a balmy 71 degrees this morning

07771-worlds-tallest-thermometer-550px.jpg I start this Mojave National Preserve trip by waking up in my kitchy 1980s room at Baker's deteriorating Royal Hawaiian MotelThumbnailsRoadside view of the Royal Hawaiian Motel, my home last night while waiting to begin the bikepacking tripI start this Mojave National Preserve trip by waking up in my kitchy 1980s room at Baker's deteriorating Royal Hawaiian MotelThumbnailsRoadside view of the Royal Hawaiian Motel, my home last night while waiting to begin the bikepacking tripI start this Mojave National Preserve trip by waking up in my kitchy 1980s room at Baker's deteriorating Royal Hawaiian MotelThumbnailsRoadside view of the Royal Hawaiian Motel, my home last night while waiting to begin the bikepacking tripI start this Mojave National Preserve trip by waking up in my kitchy 1980s room at Baker's deteriorating Royal Hawaiian MotelThumbnailsRoadside view of the Royal Hawaiian Motel, my home last night while waiting to begin the bikepacking tripI start this Mojave National Preserve trip by waking up in my kitchy 1980s room at Baker's deteriorating Royal Hawaiian MotelThumbnailsRoadside view of the Royal Hawaiian Motel, my home last night while waiting to begin the bikepacking trip

Temperatures will be in the 90s here in Baker today (it was still in the 80s when I arrived here last night at 20h30), but it will be cooler where I'm going in Mojave National Preserve.