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Crucero Road by the dry lake turns out to be firm-surfaced (but rough), so I happily ride the final 4 miles at a cool 7 mph

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7317-crucero-road.jpg I sleep in until about 9h30 this morning and reluctantly peer outside, not really wanting to get up and start the dayThumbnailsOops! My unopened coffee packet falls into my cup of pomegranate-cranberry vitamin C drink while I prepare my breakfast routineI sleep in until about 9h30 this morning and reluctantly peer outside, not really wanting to get up and start the dayThumbnailsOops! My unopened coffee packet falls into my cup of pomegranate-cranberry vitamin C drink while I prepare my breakfast routineI sleep in until about 9h30 this morning and reluctantly peer outside, not really wanting to get up and start the dayThumbnailsOops! My unopened coffee packet falls into my cup of pomegranate-cranberry vitamin C drink while I prepare my breakfast routineI sleep in until about 9h30 this morning and reluctantly peer outside, not really wanting to get up and start the dayThumbnailsOops! My unopened coffee packet falls into my cup of pomegranate-cranberry vitamin C drink while I prepare my breakfast routineI sleep in until about 9h30 this morning and reluctantly peer outside, not really wanting to get up and start the dayThumbnailsOops! My unopened coffee packet falls into my cup of pomegranate-cranberry vitamin C drink while I prepare my breakfast routine

Disbelief: traction problems gone! But in total desert darkness, I can't find the side road to Old Dominion Mine when I reach it. I follow the GPS route I prerecorded, not sure if I'm on the road or hiking the bike cross-country through the creosote bushes.

The road has probably moved a bit over the years since the USGS maps were made, and I'm probably right next to it, but I still don't see it after bike-hiking it for half a mile.

I don't want to go all the way up to the former Old Dominion Mine site in case there is old debris there that makes loud noises in the wind and disturbs my sleep.