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Looking at the final few hundred feet of elevation gain in front of me on the main Jackass Canyon Road climb

07004-jackass-plateau-800px.jpg It's a race against time as I ride up Kelbaker Road toward Kelso DunesThumbnailsA happy-Mother's-Day balloon rests deflated near the roadIt's a race against time as I ride up Kelbaker Road toward Kelso DunesThumbnailsA happy-Mother's-Day balloon rests deflated near the roadIt's a race against time as I ride up Kelbaker Road toward Kelso DunesThumbnailsA happy-Mother's-Day balloon rests deflated near the roadIt's a race against time as I ride up Kelbaker Road toward Kelso DunesThumbnailsA happy-Mother's-Day balloon rests deflated near the roadIt's a race against time as I ride up Kelbaker Road toward Kelso DunesThumbnailsA happy-Mother's-Day balloon rests deflated near the road

With temperatures in the high 50s, abundant sunshine, and me pedalling uphill and sweating a bit, I'm still quite comfortable just wearing my cotton t-shirt on this winter day in the Mojave Desert.