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I've been riding on pavement all day (almost 40 miles), but this will end now that I've reached the sign for Globe Mine Road

07898-globe-mine-road-800px.jpg I exchange waves with the conductor of a passing freight train that rises slowly on the tracks along Kelso-Cima RoadThumbnailsI cross the tracks at Globe Mine Road and it's official: I've just left pavement for a couple of daysI exchange waves with the conductor of a passing freight train that rises slowly on the tracks along Kelso-Cima RoadThumbnailsI cross the tracks at Globe Mine Road and it's official: I've just left pavement for a couple of daysI exchange waves with the conductor of a passing freight train that rises slowly on the tracks along Kelso-Cima RoadThumbnailsI cross the tracks at Globe Mine Road and it's official: I've just left pavement for a couple of daysI exchange waves with the conductor of a passing freight train that rises slowly on the tracks along Kelso-Cima RoadThumbnailsI cross the tracks at Globe Mine Road and it's official: I've just left pavement for a couple of daysI exchange waves with the conductor of a passing freight train that rises slowly on the tracks along Kelso-Cima RoadThumbnailsI cross the tracks at Globe Mine Road and it's official: I've just left pavement for a couple of days

I've passed this sign for Globe Mine Road numerous times on past Mojave National Preserve trips, but never explored the area up that road.