Originally Posted by
BluesDawg
That looks like a great place to ride. What was the deal with the closed road? Were you guys poaching?
The road is closed due to a washout from a storm a few years ago, but it's no problem to lift a bike over the gate and go on. The pavement is new all the way up to the washout, where there is a short dirt section, then another gate and you'e back on the open highway. The high point is 7900 feet, and most of the route is above 6000, so it's cooler in the summer.
In the picture where we're sitting in the road, (Dawson Saddle) gliders sometimes fly over, one was so close, we could see his face as hs waved to us. This mountain overlooks the Mojave desert, and you can see Lockheed Skunk Works and Edwards Air Force base, where they have landed the space shuttle.