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Just east of Newberry Springs are several dry lakes with white minerals coming up to the surface

6159-newberry-springs.jpg Newberry Springs has a lot of abandoned houses, but the presence of many newer houses shows that the town is not deadThumbnailsRoute 66's road surface gets really rough east of Newberry Springs; I'm glad I'm riding a mountain bike with suspension!Newberry Springs has a lot of abandoned houses, but the presence of many newer houses shows that the town is not deadThumbnailsRoute 66's road surface gets really rough east of Newberry Springs; I'm glad I'm riding a mountain bike with suspension!Newberry Springs has a lot of abandoned houses, but the presence of many newer houses shows that the town is not deadThumbnailsRoute 66's road surface gets really rough east of Newberry Springs; I'm glad I'm riding a mountain bike with suspension!Newberry Springs has a lot of abandoned houses, but the presence of many newer houses shows that the town is not deadThumbnailsRoute 66's road surface gets really rough east of Newberry Springs; I'm glad I'm riding a mountain bike with suspension!Newberry Springs has a lot of abandoned houses, but the presence of many newer houses shows that the town is not deadThumbnailsRoute 66's road surface gets really rough east of Newberry Springs; I'm glad I'm riding a mountain bike with suspension!

In today's chilly air, the white surface almost registers as snow, or snow-coated ice.