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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 take advantage of the gas-station store at Newberry Springs for welcome a caffeine boost: a can of Mountain Dew

6131-newberry-springs.jpg After several long, straight miles, old Route 66 curves and ducks under the freeway as it enters Newberry SpringsThumbnailsRoute 66 in Newberry Springs sports a number of old buildings, some abandoned, some not: welcome to "The Barn"After several long, straight miles, old Route 66 curves and ducks under the freeway as it enters Newberry SpringsThumbnailsRoute 66 in Newberry Springs sports a number of old buildings, some abandoned, some not: welcome to "The Barn"After several long, straight miles, old Route 66 curves and ducks under the freeway as it enters Newberry SpringsThumbnailsRoute 66 in Newberry Springs sports a number of old buildings, some abandoned, some not: welcome to "The Barn"After several long, straight miles, old Route 66 curves and ducks under the freeway as it enters Newberry SpringsThumbnailsRoute 66 in Newberry Springs sports a number of old buildings, some abandoned, some not: welcome to "The Barn"After several long, straight miles, old Route 66 curves and ducks under the freeway as it enters Newberry SpringsThumbnailsRoute 66 in Newberry Springs sports a number of old buildings, some abandoned, some not: welcome to "The Barn"

The temperature is cool enough that I don't really need to drink something cold. I get an odd sense of déjà vu here, like I've been here before, perhaps because freeway gas stations all feel the same.