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- A few hollyleaf cherry bushes live along this part of Rooster Comb Trail
- A few healthy barberry bushes grow along Pine Spring Road
- A few grey Range ratany bushes on the Trio Mine tailings pile still sport a few magenta flowers
- A few glints of hot yellow sunshine dart into Idora Mine Canyon as I hike back down
- A few dried red buckwheat flowers from this past summer remain in Bull Canyon
- A few dips in the road create very brief downhills on the way up Beatty Cutoff
- A few Desert trumpets (Eriogonum inflatum) grow on this part of the Providence Mountains ridge overlooking Beecher Canyon
- A few desert sages (Salvia dorrii) are still flowering here in Willow Wash
- A few desert sages (Salvia dorrii) are still blooming here on the approach to Saddle Horse Canyon
- A few Desert milkweeds pick up the sun along old Route 66 as I get close to Essex, CA
- A few desert four o'clocks bloom near the junction of Wild Horse Canyon Road and the road to Blue Jay Mine
- A few desert dudleya grow in the rocks along the old road
- A few Coyote-melon vines extend out into the road along Nipton-Desert Road
- A few clouds are rolling in east of the Bristol Mountains at dusk
- A few Cliff roses bloom in the rocky drainage leading up out of Willow Wash
- A few charming manzanitas further on down China Hole Trail.
- A few bugs enjoy this white thistle flower in Cedar Wash, Mojave National Preserve
- A few Brittlebrush flowers add a rare bit of colour to this hot-weather hike
- A few bright-pink dudleya stems brighten up the landscape as I follow the ridge down into Globe Canyon
- A few bouquets of yellow and orange dress up the seven-mile straight-line ride to Searchlight, visible even from here
- A few beavertail cactus blooms add a splash of colour to a slightly cloudy, olive afternoon
- A few barrel cacti grow in the transition zone here between creosote-bush desert and the woodlands of the New York Mountains
- A few barrel cacti greet me as I arrive in the Bathtub Spring wash
- A few barrel cacti dot the hills near Cornfield Spring
- A family of small birds (probably Cactus wrens) flies away as I hike up the grown-in remains of an old desert road
- A family of deer visit Pacheco Camp to get a drink from the "horse spring."
- A fallen joshua tree lays in this wash below the Castle Peaks
- A faint hum oozes out of the lava, and it's not the spirit of the rock art whispering at me through the silence
- A dugout at Thomas Place, Mojave National Preserve
- A dry creek crossing on Bear Spring Road.
- A drainage rut across Indian Springs Road
- A downed tree on Live Oak Spring Trail, Henry Coe State Park
- A downed pine tree lays across a switchback on the Rooster Comb Trail
- A downed pine tree blocks the first rise on the Canteen Trail.
- A discarded Bud Light beer can at roadside is a sign that I've re-entered "civilization"
- A different view of the Kelbaker Hills campsite showing the rocky hill behind it
- A different view across Death Valley from Aguereberry Point
- A different kind of no-trespassing sign: an entire trailer
- A desert primrose is blooming here along Highway 164
- A desert dudleya (perhaps Dudleya saxosa) pokes out from behind a rock on the way down the hillside
- A dead fish rests in the large pool at China Hole
- A datura blooms at Nipton campground while a long freight train squeals by
- A cow stands in the middle of Black Canyon Road, not sure what to make of me
- A cow is near my tent this morning; I shoo it away before leaving for the day on today's hike in the Cave Spring area
- A couple of the small sleeping rooms are furnished in the simple style of the period
- A couple of stray boulders sit on this part of Upper Black Diamond Spring Valley
- A couple of steep steps down here in Piute Canyon
- A couple of signatures adorn the inside of the door
- A couple of short steep hills on the final stretch on Wild Horse Canyon Road toward Mid Hills campground always get me
- A couple of old water tanks and a windmill sit near Ivanpah Road at the OX Ranch site
- A couple of motorcycles speed by
- A couple of minutes later, and further south on Willow Ridge Road, I have a nice view down to Coit Lake
- A couple of miles down from my tent, a branch in the road to the left will take me to Sands
- A couple of little lumps on Globe Mine Road add interest to the ride down the fan
- A couple of hours after starting out, I finally reach the wash that I chose and beginning hiking up into the Bristol Mountains
- A couple of claret-cup cacti are blooming on this McCullough Mountains hillside
- A couple of cars pass me along Ivanpah Road
- A couple of bluejays perch on a burned tree, watching my tent
- A couple of big rigs pass me as we all descend Highway 127 into the Tecopa Basin together
- A couple of bees are swimming (or are they drowning?) in the spring tub at the end of Borrego Canyon Road
- A couple of aggressive yellowjacket wasps follow me as I slowly rise up this part of Borrego Canyon
- A couple more ceanothus bushes in the same area along Orestimba Creek Road, Henry Coe State Park
- A cool morning at Pachalka Spring, Mojave National Preserve, with Clark Mountain Range in the background
- A concrete stairwell and heavy steel door lead into the basement
- A completely burned mound cactus at Eagle Rocks, Mojave National Preserve
- A colourful and very long freight train crosses the Ivanpah Valley a couple of miles down the fan from my tent
- A collapsed structure at the mine site at the end of the middle fork of Globe Mine Road
- A closer view of the dugout reveals that its front wall is not concrete after all, but built of timbers covered in stucco
- A closer view of Goldbelt Spring's truck
- A closer look shows that the lost balloon blew in from a Red Robin restaurant
- A closer look reveals that the front door has been pried open
- A closer look at the wallpaper, cardboard, and wallpaper interior at the Rex Mine boxcar cabin
- A close-up of the white fluff on the barrel cactus
- A close-up of the wash-out reveals buried posts that supported the old Barnwell and Searchlight Railway grade
- A close-to-full moon sits above the Woods Mountains just before sunset on this hot day
- A claret cup cactus grows in a boulder pile near Bathtub Spring, Mid Hills, Mojave National Preserve
- A Claret cup cactus blooms in a shady area of Eagle Rocks where I wouldn't expect to find one
- A chunk of land in Round Valley is for sale
- A cholla cactus watches me from a safe distance, Death Valley National Park
- A cattle-guard marks my entry into the McCullough Mountains area
- A cascade of sloping volcanic rock edges this wash in the Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area
- A carpet of low, ground-hugging plants casts an almost lush green tint over this area near Sands
- A car passes while I descend Kelbaker Road toward Kelso Depot
- A car passes me as I head up Highway 127
- A car passes me along this stretch of Wild Horse Canyon Road, the only one I'll see on the way back to camp
- A canyon just west of Wild Horse Mesa looks like a promising route downward
- A canteen hangs on the sign indicating Canteen Trail.
- A campfire ring by the trees adjacent to Pachalka Spring makes for an enticing place to set up camp
- A cactus thorn punctures my tire and some Slime spurts out to fill the wound
- A cabin along China Ranch Road near the store
- A bush of some kind manages to grow up on top of these rocks at the mouth of Saddle Horse Canyon
- A burned joshua tree in the Mid Hills a couple hundred feet above the south side of Cedar Canyon Road
- A broken-down gate near Silver Lead Spring
- A broken-down brick cistern sits in the corral at Chicken Water Spring, Mojave National Preserve
- A brisk sunny morning on my camping mound with a view of Kelso Dunes
- A brilliant penstemon manages to grow in the rocks here above Willow Wash; there's barely any soil here!
- A brilliant display of desert mallow flowers marks the end of Death Valley Mine Road; I'll turn right here on the old Cima Road
- A bright-red firecracker penstemon is always a welcome sight in this often-beige landscape
- A bright blue streak in the rock at bottom right, presumably copper
- A bright and sunny morning overlooking Piute Gorge
- A boulder pile and joshua trees greet me as I arrive at Butcher Knife Canyon wash
- A boulder crowns other boulders at Eagle Rocks, Mojave National Preserve
- A bluish-grey moth with subtle peach trim visits my cup while coffee is steeping
- A blue delphinium adds a spike of colour in the joshua-tree forest
- A bit past the rock outcrop, I continue up a ridge above a steep-sided drainage on the side of Sleeping Beauty
- A bit of rock, a bit of sand...
- A bit of drama on southbound Highway 127
- A bit of assorted debris is scattered around at the end of the Barnett Mine Road
- A bit lower down Pinto Mountain, under a canopy of burned trees, are a few flowers here and there
- A bit higher up, I'm treated to views out toward Orestimba Wilderness and Paradise Lake
- A bit higher up the road to Foshay Pass, I turn around to take in the view behind me
- A bit further, I turn back to look at Kelso Peak again
- A bit further up the Copper World Mine road, down in a gulley, is an old headframe
- A bit further up Orestimba Creek Road, I notice Will's Pond.
- A bit further up Kelbaker Road: near mile 12, an oncoming pickup brakes and its driver shouts, "I love your web site!"
- A bit further up Kelbaker Road, I stop again to refill my Camelbak, which has run dry again; any excuse for a break is good
- A bit further up Brant Road, I stop to look across the tortoise's habitat, and down toward Ivanpah Dry Lake
- A bit further north on Black Canyon Road, I reach my shortcut road over to Cedar Canyon Road and Pinto Mountain
- A bit further down Old Kelso Road I notice another Wilderness marker that people drive around and ignore
- A bit down the fan sits a fire ring next to which I was going to set up camp last night until I noticed goathead thorns all over
- A bit disappointed at having discovered only dryness at Macedonia Spring, I walk back down the drainage
- A bit beyond the Pine Spring corral is an old water trough and a rusty water tank
- A bit beyond the OX Ranch site is a private, by-reservation-only campground called 'Mojave Desert Outpost'
- A bit above Hell's Gate, I turn back to see how much I've climbed since my rest stop there
- A bird's nest in a catclaw bush in Kelso Dunes Wilderness
- A bird flies past and lands in this cholla cactus
- A bird feather is stuck in this cholla cactus
- A billboard next to the Searchlight motel advertises a "luxury" motel elsewhere
- A big tree, partly broken, near the old Valley Wells town site
- A big sage is sprouting some fresh-looking growth
- A big raven's nest sits in the eaves of the main house at Death Valley Mine
- A big patch of paperbag bush (Salazaria mexicana) in the wash leading into the Kelso Mountains
- A big hole dug by an animal in a quest for water
- A big grass tuft (muhlenbergia, I think) sits in the dry creek bed.
- A better view of that switchback in the previous photo.
- A benign switchback on Willow Ridge Trail just beyond the log in the poison oak grove gives me a few more problems.
- A bee tightens up and launches itself toward a thistle bloom
- A bee sits on the edge of the Indian Spring cistern, enjoying the water's edge
- A beautiful sunset illuminates the Providence Mountains behind me as I climb Kelbaker Road out of Kelso Valley toward Baker
- A beam of warm desert light shines down through the ceiling into the main room at the Lava Tube
- A BBQ grate hangs from that lone pinon pine in the wash
- A barren patch of earth catches my interest as I walk past
- A barrel-cactus garden at the mouth of "West Edgar Canyon #3," Providence Mountains
- A barrel cactus has detached from its hillside garden and tumbled down into Juniper Spring wash
- A Banana yucca sends out a fresh bouquet on the way up Teutonia Peak Trail
- A 24-hour donut shop on Barstow's Route 66 is closed due to the water contamination
- 95 degrees in the shade at Pacheco Camp at 19h.
- 94 degrees down here in the shade where it feels "cool"
- 92 degrees in the shade, according to the thermometer on the side of the shower house.
- 5559-61 Buddy Daye Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982 (formerly Gerrish Street)
- 5534 Gerrish Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982
- 5531-5533 Buddy Daye St. (formerly 113-115 Gerrish St), Halifax, 1982
- 5527 Buddy Daye St, Halifax (formerly 5527 Gerrish Street)
- 5524-32 Gerrish Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982 (now Buddy Daye Street)
- 5524 Gerrish Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia (rear), Fall 1982 (now Buddy Daye Street)
- 5 miles later, it's time to cross I-40 again, this time by crossing under it
- 3865-coyote-melon
- 35 minutes later: after 10 miles of gliding downhill (and pedaling too), I arrive at the stop sign and turn left on Ivanpah Road
- 34 miles into today's ride, just before arriving at Fenner, I exit Mojave National Preserve for a while
- 3000 feet, I'm almost at the top of my climb out of Death Valley
- 3/4 mile from campsite 22, I exit Mid Hills campground and turn right to start descending Wild Horse Canyon Road
- 3/4 mile down the road, I stop at the old Orestimba Corral for a Clif-bar-and-water break at the semi-shady picnic tables.
- 2577 Maynard Street (formerly 229 Maynard), Halifax, 1983
- 2577 Maynard Street (formerly 229 Maynard), Halifax, 1983
- 2565 Barrington Street, Halifax
- 2521 and 2525 Barrington St, Halifax, 1982
- 2507-11 Brunswick Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982
- 2447-49 Creighton Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982
- 2406 Creighton Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982
- 2404 Creighton Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982
- 2390-92 Creighton Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982
- 2387-80 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982
- 2376 Creighton Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982
- 2370 Creighton Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982
- 2369-73 Creighton Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982
- 2195 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1982
- 2120 Creighton Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982
- 2111 Brunswick Court, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982
- 2093 Brunswick Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fall 1982
- 2013 Creighton Street (formerly 3 Creighton St), Halifax, 1982
- 20 minutes later, I'm around the bend on Kelbaker Road, with the Providence Mountains further and further behind me
- 20 minutes later, I stop for another break further out on Broadwell Dry Lake
- 2.5 miles up Kelbaker Road, I make a brief stop at Black Tank Wash to remove my scarf and winter jacket
- 2.5 miles beyond Nipton, I'm feeling hot again and notice some potential shade as I cross under the power lines
- 15 miles on Coyote Creek Trail, then another seven miles on nasty San José streets, and I'm home!
- 100 degrees F in the smoky haze
- 10 minutes later, I'm almost at the next landmark, where Castle Peaks Road arrives at the slot in the rolling hills
- 10 minutes later, as I approach the base of the New York Mountains, lush juniper trees like the one on the left begin to appear
- 10 miles up Kelbaker Road out of Baker, I stop for a break at "the big curve," where the road turns almost 90 degrees
- 10 beautiful-but-bumpy miles of riding along the train tracks from Ivanpah Rd to Nipton
- 1/3 mile up the main road, I turn down the short road that dead-ends at Coyote Springs
- 1/2 mile up the road to Old Dominion Mine, I start looking for a good campsite near another road that I also can't locate
- 1.5 miles beyond Interstate 15, I reach the dirt road that will take me to Pachalka Spring and bear right
- 1.5 downhill miles on the old Mail Spring Road, then 3.5 miles down Ivanpah Rd into the Lanfair Valley
- "So far, so good," I say to myself as I stop to enjoy a desert mallow and the views; I keep climbing
- "Painted-dot" rock
- "For flat base truck rim only"
- "This device for watering game birds was paid for with YOUR money"
- "The Scream"
- "Shoe tree" on Highway 127 across from Saratoga Springs Road