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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 16: Button Mountain to Baker by bicycle via Aiken Mine Road, with a stop at the Lava Tube, Mojave National Preserve /

The 10-ton bike is back to weighing 10 tons and I ride up Button Mountain Road to rejoin Aiken Mine Road in a moment

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04400-button-mountain.jpg After one last camp breakfast and a pot of tea, I take down the tent while enjoying the Cima Dome joshua tree forestThumbnailsI'm back on Aiken Mine Road for the next 12 miles, which will drop from 4100 feet here down to about 3100 feetAfter one last camp breakfast and a pot of tea, I take down the tent while enjoying the Cima Dome joshua tree forestThumbnailsI'm back on Aiken Mine Road for the next 12 miles, which will drop from 4100 feet here down to about 3100 feetAfter one last camp breakfast and a pot of tea, I take down the tent while enjoying the Cima Dome joshua tree forestThumbnailsI'm back on Aiken Mine Road for the next 12 miles, which will drop from 4100 feet here down to about 3100 feetAfter one last camp breakfast and a pot of tea, I take down the tent while enjoying the Cima Dome joshua tree forestThumbnailsI'm back on Aiken Mine Road for the next 12 miles, which will drop from 4100 feet here down to about 3100 feetAfter one last camp breakfast and a pot of tea, I take down the tent while enjoying the Cima Dome joshua tree forestThumbnailsI'm back on Aiken Mine Road for the next 12 miles, which will drop from 4100 feet here down to about 3100 feet

Even though I hate to leave, I do like to leave camp by noon, and it's noon! This is my first time camping in this area and I hope to return on a future trip.