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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / Fall 2010: Route 66 and Kelso Dunes Wilderness Bicycle Camping / Day 4: South Bristol Mountains foothills campsite to Broadwell Dry Lake by bicycle, with a detour to Ludlow for water /

A little further ahead, I'll make a left turn under the powerlines and ride the final two miles of dirt road back to Ludlow

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7244-bristol-mountains.jpg An hour later, past the bottom of the dip in the road, I look back at the Bristol Mountains powerline roadThumbnailsApproaching Ludlow again, the stop that I wish I didn't need to make todayAn hour later, past the bottom of the dip in the road, I look back at the Bristol Mountains powerline roadThumbnailsApproaching Ludlow again, the stop that I wish I didn't need to make todayAn hour later, past the bottom of the dip in the road, I look back at the Bristol Mountains powerline roadThumbnailsApproaching Ludlow again, the stop that I wish I didn't need to make todayAn hour later, past the bottom of the dip in the road, I look back at the Bristol Mountains powerline roadThumbnailsApproaching Ludlow again, the stop that I wish I didn't need to make todayAn hour later, past the bottom of the dip in the road, I look back at the Bristol Mountains powerline roadThumbnailsApproaching Ludlow again, the stop that I wish I didn't need to make today

I'm sweating a little, even though it's not a warm day—only in the low 50s. Riding on this surface is a technical exercise. Sometimes, riding in tire tracks works best because the ground is better packed there, but sometimes the middle is firmer.