Finally, I've come out of the mountains enough to see the entire Powerline Road and Kelso Dunes ahead of me
Date: November 15, 2000
I'm back at Essex, California again, after riding 16.5 miles down historic Route 66 from Goffs, California
I'm standing near the Essex post office looking northwest up Essex Road. It's amazing how the freeway traffic on I-40, which I crossed a while ago at Fenner, is so visible from here at Essex, even though it's 6.5 miles away.
The Providence Mountains, my destination today, fill in the background.