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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / Fall 2010: Route 66 and Kelso Dunes Wilderness Bicycle Camping / Day 3: Day hike into Kelso Dunes Wilderness to the south end of Broadwell Mesa /

I come around a bend, and a noise interrupts the quiet, startling me

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6852-kelso-dunes-wilderness.jpg I continue hiking up the wash beyond the dry waterfall, feeling like I've entered an unexplored landThumbnailsAn interesting pile of scat and bits of furI continue hiking up the wash beyond the dry waterfall, feeling like I've entered an unexplored landThumbnailsAn interesting pile of scat and bits of furI continue hiking up the wash beyond the dry waterfall, feeling like I've entered an unexplored landThumbnailsAn interesting pile of scat and bits of furI continue hiking up the wash beyond the dry waterfall, feeling like I've entered an unexplored landThumbnailsAn interesting pile of scat and bits of furI continue hiking up the wash beyond the dry waterfall, feeling like I've entered an unexplored landThumbnailsAn interesting pile of scat and bits of fur

Climbing up the rocky hill, I see a critter which at first looks like a small mountain lion. I realize that it's actually a large bobcat when I notice two kittens following it upward. I am not quick enough with the camera to capture this moment!