Tank 3 is dry, like most of the old cisterns I've seen in Mojave National Preserve

Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping and Hiking, Spring 2009

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Button Mountain to Baker by bicycle via Aiken Mine Road, with a stop at the Lava Tube, Mojave National Preserve (Day 16)

1. I wake up... ... 9. I pause... 10. From this... 11. The road... 12. Tank 3 is... 13. Riding... 14. I reach... 15. From the... ... 59. Bicycle...

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I pack my backpack and start walking up the road toward Cornfield Spring

I pack my backpack and start walking up the road toward Cornfield Spring

Date: May 24, 2009, 09h39

Tank 3 is dry, like most of the old cisterns I've seen in Mojave National Preserve

The outer ring of this cistern looks like fairly modern concrete, but some of the inner rocks look like vestiges from an earlier construction.

Date: June 07, 2009, 13h04

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Tank 3 is dry, like most of the old cisterns I've seen in Mojave National Preserve

Other bicycle camping trips on drycyclist.com:

Mojave National Preserve and Area Hiking and Bikepacking, Spring 2011 (15 days)
Route 66 and Kelso Dunes Wilderness Bikepacking, Fall 2010 (eight days)
Mojave National Preserve Bikepacking and Hiking, Spring 2010 (14 days)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping and Hiking, Fall 2009 (eight days)
Mojave National Preserve Bikepacking and Hiking 2008 (14 days)
Henry Coe State Park Bikepacking 2008 (eight days)
Mojave National Preserve Xmas 2007 Mountain-Bike Camping (one week)
Henry Coe State Park Mountain-Bike Camping 2007 (eight nights)
Death Valley Bicycle Camping 2007 (two weeks)
Henry Coe State Park Bicycle Camping 2006 (four nights)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 2006 (two weeks)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 2000 (11 days)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 1999 (one week)

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