Rounding "the big curve" on Kelbaker Road, I begin the 10-mile home stretch toward Baker

Mojave National Preserve Mountain-Bike Camping 2007

Day 7: New Year's Eve ride from Kelso Dunes to Baker via Kelbaker Road to conclude the trip (and 2007), Mojave National Preserve

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My dirt road from Coyote Springs ends at dusk when I reach the Kelbaker Road "highway"

Date: December 30, 2007, 16h47

Rounding "the big curve" on Kelbaker Road, I begin the 10-mile home stretch toward Baker

I've exited the hilly areas into the glory of open-desert sunset light.

Baker is over in front of those mountains ahead. Even though this road drops another 1000 feet between here and there, it looks pretty flat as it rolls out across the desert floor.

Date: December 31, 2007, 16h23

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Rounding "the big curve" on Kelbaker Road, I begin the 10-mile home stretch toward Baker

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Mojave National Preserve Hiking and Bikepacking, Spring 2012 (15 days)
Cady Mountains, Sleeping Beauty and Kelso Dunes Wilderness Bicycle Camping, Fall 2011 (8 days)
Mojave National Preserve and Area Hiking and Bikepacking, Spring 2011 (15 days)
Route 66 and Kelso Dunes Wilderness Bikepacking, Fall 2010 (eight days)
Mojave National Preserve Bikepacking and Hiking, Spring 2010 (14 days)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping and Hiking, Fall 2009 (eight days)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping and Hiking, Spring 2009 (16 days)
Henry Coe State Park Bikepacking 2008 (eight days)
Mojave National Preserve Mountain-Bike Camping and Day Hikes 2008 (two weeks)
Henry Coe State Park Mountain-Bike Camping 2007 (eight nights)
Death Valley Bicycle Camping 2007 (two weeks)
Henry Coe State Park Bicycle Camping 2006 (four nights)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 2006 (two weeks)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 2000 (11 days)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 1999 (one week)

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