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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / Fall 2010: Route 66 and Kelso Dunes Wilderness Bicycle Camping / Day 4: South Bristol Mountains foothills campsite to Broadwell Dry Lake by bicycle, with a detour to Ludlow for water /

I cross the powerline road that leads off to the right to my Bristol Mountains campsite of the past two nights

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7294-crucero-road.jpg Direct sunlight down at Broadwell Dry Lake (here I come) is already gone for the day, blocked by the surrounding hillsThumbnailsI take a look behind me at the "city lights" of Ludlow, now two miles awayDirect sunlight down at Broadwell Dry Lake (here I come) is already gone for the day, blocked by the surrounding hillsThumbnailsI take a look behind me at the "city lights" of Ludlow, now two miles awayDirect sunlight down at Broadwell Dry Lake (here I come) is already gone for the day, blocked by the surrounding hillsThumbnailsI take a look behind me at the "city lights" of Ludlow, now two miles awayDirect sunlight down at Broadwell Dry Lake (here I come) is already gone for the day, blocked by the surrounding hillsThumbnailsI take a look behind me at the "city lights" of Ludlow, now two miles awayDirect sunlight down at Broadwell Dry Lake (here I come) is already gone for the day, blocked by the surrounding hillsThumbnailsI take a look behind me at the "city lights" of Ludlow, now two miles away

I'm excited to be heading to a new location, but it's also with a sense of resignation. I presume that the road will worsen and I won't be surprised if sand accumulations prevent me from reaching my planned campsite near Old Dominion Mine.