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Tomorrow morning, an Amtrak bus will deliver me to the train in Bakersfield, which passes through fields of roses in Wasco

6443-wasco-roses.jpg The Sagamore Canyon Cut-Off Road passes through a stand of juniper trees as it begins its gentle descentThumbnailsI'm on New York Mountains Road now, and this part of it squiggles toward Drum PeakThe Sagamore Canyon Cut-Off Road passes through a stand of juniper trees as it begins its gentle descentThumbnailsI'm on New York Mountains Road now, and this part of it squiggles toward Drum PeakThe Sagamore Canyon Cut-Off Road passes through a stand of juniper trees as it begins its gentle descentThumbnailsI'm on New York Mountains Road now, and this part of it squiggles toward Drum PeakThe Sagamore Canyon Cut-Off Road passes through a stand of juniper trees as it begins its gentle descentThumbnailsI'm on New York Mountains Road now, and this part of it squiggles toward Drum PeakThe Sagamore Canyon Cut-Off Road passes through a stand of juniper trees as it begins its gentle descentThumbnailsI'm on New York Mountains Road now, and this part of it squiggles toward Drum Peak

I always enjoy the Amtrak bus ride from the Mojave Desert to Bakersfield (with a stop at Panda Express in the Barstow Station food court for a filling rice plate; I'm hungry!). The Amtrak San Joaquin train up California's Central Valley is a nice way to end a trip.