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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 /

I enter Interstate 40 eastbound, riding on the shoulder of course

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6049-i40.jpg 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 milesThumbnailsAfter approximately 2.5 miles on the freeway, I reach Nebo Street and one of those "bicycles must exit" signsOn 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 milesThumbnailsAfter approximately 2.5 miles on the freeway, I reach Nebo Street and one of those "bicycles must exit" signsOn 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 milesThumbnailsAfter approximately 2.5 miles on the freeway, I reach Nebo Street and one of those "bicycles must exit" signsOn 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 milesThumbnailsAfter approximately 2.5 miles on the freeway, I reach Nebo Street and one of those "bicycles must exit" signsOn 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 milesThumbnailsAfter approximately 2.5 miles on the freeway, I reach Nebo Street and one of those "bicycles must exit" signs

I haven't ridden on a freeway before, so am not sure what to expect. The shoulder is generous and I have the strong wind behind me, so all is well, except for the loud noise of all the freeway traffic.