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The two-mile trail to Teutonia Peak is one of just two official, maintained trails in the expansive Mojave National Preserve

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00814-teutonia-peak-trail-8.jpg On the steeper, more eroded parts of the road, it's a bit slippery going downhill and almost like hiking cross-countryThumbnailsI cross the first of several drainages from the Bristol Mountains; this small tree seems to like living here in the flood zoneOn the steeper, more eroded parts of the road, it's a bit slippery going downhill and almost like hiking cross-countryThumbnailsI cross the first of several drainages from the Bristol Mountains; this small tree seems to like living here in the flood zoneOn the steeper, more eroded parts of the road, it's a bit slippery going downhill and almost like hiking cross-countryThumbnailsI cross the first of several drainages from the Bristol Mountains; this small tree seems to like living here in the flood zoneOn the steeper, more eroded parts of the road, it's a bit slippery going downhill and almost like hiking cross-countryThumbnailsI cross the first of several drainages from the Bristol Mountains; this small tree seems to like living here in the flood zoneOn the steeper, more eroded parts of the road, it's a bit slippery going downhill and almost like hiking cross-countryThumbnailsI cross the first of several drainages from the Bristol Mountains; this small tree seems to like living here in the flood zone

Of course, hundreds of miles of old roads, some of which are no longer open to motor vehicles, serve quite nicely as Mojave National Preserve's de facto trail system.

Despite what you see in this photo, I do not have my bicycle with me right now (I left it at my campsite). This photo was taken two years ago (2006), when I stopped briefly here at the trailhead with my bicycle.