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I ride up the road a little and stop again to look at the sculptural shadows of the trees on the next ridge (Wasno Ridge).

05907-sculptural-near-wasno-800px.jpg It's uphill for the next mile to the top of Pacheco Ridge, 550 feet aboveThumbnailsAll packed up and ready to leave Sierra View; on toward Mississippi Lake!It's uphill for the next mile to the top of Pacheco Ridge, 550 feet aboveThumbnailsAll packed up and ready to leave Sierra View; on toward Mississippi Lake!It's uphill for the next mile to the top of Pacheco Ridge, 550 feet aboveThumbnailsAll packed up and ready to leave Sierra View; on toward Mississippi Lake!It's uphill for the next mile to the top of Pacheco Ridge, 550 feet aboveThumbnailsAll packed up and ready to leave Sierra View; on toward Mississippi Lake!It's uphill for the next mile to the top of Pacheco Ridge, 550 feet aboveThumbnailsAll packed up and ready to leave Sierra View; on toward Mississippi Lake!

The afternoon sun is just right, and the trees there far enough apart, that their individual shadows can be discerned bending over the warped landscape.