We are still in the Mojave desert and it did get hot today. I left super early and had about 1 1/2 hours of pleasantly cool weather.
The road was marked closed for the first 22 miles due to five bridges being worked on. We talked to the locals and they said there was a roadway around the bridges through the washes that we could ride. It was loose gravel but I walked and it was fine. If we had not been able to go that route, we would have had to ride the interstate and add miles. So glad we could rIde the route.
Saw a really neat out cropping along the road. Couldn’t tell if it was marble or quartz. We were near the marble hills so I am guessing. The first picture just shows the hills. The second has a big white spot way to the left. Try to enlarge the picture to see it.
Right outside of Amboy, we saw the Amboy Crater. To the north of it was a big lava flow. Our road skirted the edge of the flow so on one side was the lava, the other side, desert.
Later on up the road was a big tire painted red and yellow that you could see from a distance. I laughed when I got up close to it. Says “Route 66, Siberia.”
Towards the end of our ride, we had 16 miles of gradual uphill again. In the heat of the day. Yuk!. Then a really rough section that made my rear feel like hamb. Parts of the old rte 66 roads are in pretty bad shape. Some have been maintained and some are just neglected. The road surface changes constantly.
Yep, Today I passed the 6,000 mile mark. Yee ha!
68.6 miles today. 6025.4 total
BikerAl Across America 2018 