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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

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6443-wasco-roses.jpg Vehicles on the I-15 freeway, on the other side of Ivanpah Valley, glisten as the setting sun peers through the cloudsThumbnailsThis segment of Ivanpah Road follows the old railway grade from 100 years ago, and thus cuts right through the hillsVehicles on the I-15 freeway, on the other side of Ivanpah Valley, glisten as the setting sun peers through the cloudsThumbnailsThis segment of Ivanpah Road follows the old railway grade from 100 years ago, and thus cuts right through the hillsVehicles on the I-15 freeway, on the other side of Ivanpah Valley, glisten as the setting sun peers through the cloudsThumbnailsThis segment of Ivanpah Road follows the old railway grade from 100 years ago, and thus cuts right through the hillsVehicles on the I-15 freeway, on the other side of Ivanpah Valley, glisten as the setting sun peers through the cloudsThumbnailsThis segment of Ivanpah Road follows the old railway grade from 100 years ago, and thus cuts right through the hillsVehicles on the I-15 freeway, on the other side of Ivanpah Valley, glisten as the setting sun peers through the cloudsThumbnailsThis segment of Ivanpah Road follows the old railway grade from 100 years ago, and thus cuts right through the hills

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.