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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 scramble back down into the wash, and head toward the piece of flat-topped Broadwell Mesa visible a short distance down-canyon

6882-kelso-dunes-wilderness.jpg Above the dry falls, the wash continues rockily along, and it looks like it pops out onto the top of Broadwell Mesa soonThumbnailsA few more slugs of water are needed in this dry landscape, even though it's a chilly dayAbove the dry falls, the wash continues rockily along, and it looks like it pops out onto the top of Broadwell Mesa soonThumbnailsA few more slugs of water are needed in this dry landscape, even though it's a chilly dayAbove the dry falls, the wash continues rockily along, and it looks like it pops out onto the top of Broadwell Mesa soonThumbnailsA few more slugs of water are needed in this dry landscape, even though it's a chilly dayAbove the dry falls, the wash continues rockily along, and it looks like it pops out onto the top of Broadwell Mesa soonThumbnailsA few more slugs of water are needed in this dry landscape, even though it's a chilly dayAbove the dry falls, the wash continues rockily along, and it looks like it pops out onto the top of Broadwell Mesa soonThumbnailsA few more slugs of water are needed in this dry landscape, even though it's a chilly day

My footsteps in the sand seem quite loud amidst the silence here.