Despite old residual pavement on this road, surface sand and gravel makes it impossible to ride up the gentle slope
Date: December 29, 2007, 13h47
Awake, I peer out the back of my tent to see a sunny day, Kelso Dunes, and a creosote bush poking me in the face
I slept really well last night despite the cold and the dampness that seemed to collect in this valley. Water on my bicycle tire and tent roof tells that heavy frost set in earlier this morning.