Nov 2025 to Jan 2026, Mojave Desert Bicycle Tour


Sun, 02 Nov 2025

Bought Eastern Sierra Transit tickets, made motel reservations for remaining 3 weeks in Reno, night in Bishop, night in Ridgecrest.

Mon, 24 Nov 2025

Eastern Sierra Transit bus to Bishop ($47). $96 at Motel6.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 (14 miles, 1:27)

Starting odometer 28104. Eastern Sierra Transit bus to Inyokern ($25). $64 through booking.com at A Night's Inn. 2 bladders leaking slowly, 2 okay, 1 spare. Order new bladders in Blythe.

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 (34 miles, 4:04)

Sunny and mild. Camped south of Red Mountain, west of Hwy 395.

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 (25 miles, 2:27)

Thanksgiving holiday. Continued beautiful weather.

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 (15 miles, 2:07)

Noise from motorcycles and dune buggies all day.

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 (6 miles, 0:59)

Much less noise from motorcycles.

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 (16 miles, 1:46)

$55 at Motel6 in Barstow.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 (38 miles, 3:52)

28252

Started day with 22L in bladders, 6 loaves bread and cheese, 3 lbs peanuts, 7 bars dark chocolate. Beautiful weather. Moderate east headwind in morning, turned to northwest tailwind in afternoon. Camped along Boron mine road, just east of Hector road.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 ( miles, )

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Final odometer tbc.

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Statistics and Comments

tbc miles (tbc km) total, tbc hours pedaling/pushing, average of tbc miles/hour.

tbc nights camping, tbc nights in motels. Total motel expense of $tbc including tax, for average of $tbc/night.

Total tbc nights camping for 2025.

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