Rolling towards Death Valley

It was a chilly night with my thermometer reading 38 degrees inside the tent in the morning. I stayed warm inside my nice down sleeping bag and kept condensation off of me with a clip in tent liner that covers the roof. There was a gradual climb to a pass with next to no traffic on the road since it was Christmas day. This is a photo looking back down the valley to Kelso.


The road surface was a hideously bumpy mess with rocks sticking out of the pavement.


I was amazed at how smooth the ride felt on my new bike. Sam Senior would have been rattling like crazy going over this stuff but the steel frame of Junior smoothed out the bumps so I barely felt them.

After a lunch break, I rolled down into Baker, a pit stop on the interstate to Vegas. I met Pat, a wildlife biologist also out on tour.


He was having bike trouble but managed to fix it and was able to keep going into the Mojave preserve. He had ridden the Extraterrestrial highway by Area 51 and had met some serious kooks in the town of Rachel, which is the Mecca for all things alien related. I hope you enjoyed the last few days of your trip, Pat.

After Baker, the road was nice and flat for a long way and I made great time for about 35 miles.


I then had yet another climb over Ibex Pass.


There Was another 15 miles until the town Shoshone, a neat little town in the middle of nowhere.





Today, I head into Death Valley And will camp at Furnace Creek.
-- Post From My iPhone

Location:Interstate 15 Business,Baker,United States