After about five miles, the road began to climb pretty relentlessly. I wasn't in my lowest gear so the road wasn't overly steep but it just wouldn't stop climbing. And it went straight up with no curves. I could see the interstate with tiny cars and trucks moving on it from over ten miles away and the dang thing didn't want to get closer.
I finally passed under the freeway and entered the Mojave Preserve.
The road kept climbing for another five or so miles making the day at over 4000 feet of elevation gain. Finally, there was a long, chilly downhill to the ghost town of Kelso where the park service runs a diner in the old train depot.
Unfortunately, they closed the diner on Christmas Eve so I had camp food for dinner with a couple from San Francisco and then made camp behind the post office.
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