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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / Fall 2010: Route 66 and Kelso Dunes Wilderness Bicycle Camping / Day 2: Ludlow to Bristol Mountains foothills by bicycle /

I plow ahead on the powerline-pipeline road that separates the Kelso Dunes Wilderness from the Bristol Mountains Wilderness

6362-powerline-road.jpg Something doesn't feel quite right on the 10-ton bike, so I pull over on the sandy power-line road for a momentThumbnailsI look behind me to check my progress as I slowly ride up the Bristol Mountains powerline road into the foothillsSomething doesn't feel quite right on the 10-ton bike, so I pull over on the sandy power-line road for a momentThumbnailsI look behind me to check my progress as I slowly ride up the Bristol Mountains powerline road into the foothillsSomething doesn't feel quite right on the 10-ton bike, so I pull over on the sandy power-line road for a momentThumbnailsI look behind me to check my progress as I slowly ride up the Bristol Mountains powerline road into the foothillsSomething doesn't feel quite right on the 10-ton bike, so I pull over on the sandy power-line road for a momentThumbnailsI look behind me to check my progress as I slowly ride up the Bristol Mountains powerline road into the foothillsSomething doesn't feel quite right on the 10-ton bike, so I pull over on the sandy power-line road for a momentThumbnailsI look behind me to check my progress as I slowly ride up the Bristol Mountains powerline road into the foothills

The road is a bit rough, and a bit slippery here and there, but I've managed to ride most of it so far, walking just a few short segments where I couldn't get enough traction.