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I'm out of my motel room by 10h30 and start my way up the first 8-mile segment of Route 66 toward Barstow from Ludlow

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8093-route-66.jpg I stop at Sleeping Beauty Road for a very short break; it occurs to me that I could ride up this road and do a nice hikeThumbnailsThe two antique vehicles are protected from sun and rain under the old gas-station canopyI stop at Sleeping Beauty Road for a very short break; it occurs to me that I could ride up this road and do a nice hikeThumbnailsThe two antique vehicles are protected from sun and rain under the old gas-station canopyI stop at Sleeping Beauty Road for a very short break; it occurs to me that I could ride up this road and do a nice hikeThumbnailsThe two antique vehicles are protected from sun and rain under the old gas-station canopyI stop at Sleeping Beauty Road for a very short break; it occurs to me that I could ride up this road and do a nice hikeThumbnailsThe two antique vehicles are protected from sun and rain under the old gas-station canopyI stop at Sleeping Beauty Road for a very short break; it occurs to me that I could ride up this road and do a nice hikeThumbnailsThe two antique vehicles are protected from sun and rain under the old gas-station canopy

The "old road" parallels the speedy freeway here, just a few feet away at my left. A strong headwind is forecast, but I'm not getting one yet (yee haw!). Still, it's slow-going since I'll rise about 600 feet on this stretch.