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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / Fall 2010: Route 66 and Kelso Dunes Wilderness Bicycle Camping / Day 1: Route 66: Barstow to Ludlow /

On the outskirts of Barstow, the road dead-ends at a Marine Corps base, so I turn back and get on the freeway for a few miles

6046-freeway-entrance.jpg I ride back to Barstow's Route 66 through residential areas and coast down a nice hill on my way out of townThumbnailsI enter Interstate 40 eastbound, riding on the shoulder of courseI ride back to Barstow's Route 66 through residential areas and coast down a nice hill on my way out of townThumbnailsI enter Interstate 40 eastbound, riding on the shoulder of courseI ride back to Barstow's Route 66 through residential areas and coast down a nice hill on my way out of townThumbnailsI enter Interstate 40 eastbound, riding on the shoulder of courseI ride back to Barstow's Route 66 through residential areas and coast down a nice hill on my way out of townThumbnailsI enter Interstate 40 eastbound, riding on the shoulder of courseI ride back to Barstow's Route 66 through residential areas and coast down a nice hill on my way out of townThumbnailsI enter Interstate 40 eastbound, riding on the shoulder of course

A friendly guy at the entrance to the Marine Corps base gives me directions, reassuring me that I only have a few freeway miles to ride. He probably gets several people every day who are lost when their road unexpectedly ends up at the base entrance.