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I retrieve the bike and start riding back down Howe Spring Road

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02809-howe-spring-road.jpg When I reach the old corral at Howe Spring, I realize that it's completely burnedThumbnailsRiding away from Howe Spring, I find myself thinking that, yes, it would be worth camping here one dayWhen I reach the old corral at Howe Spring, I realize that it's completely burnedThumbnailsRiding away from Howe Spring, I find myself thinking that, yes, it would be worth camping here one dayWhen I reach the old corral at Howe Spring, I realize that it's completely burnedThumbnailsRiding away from Howe Spring, I find myself thinking that, yes, it would be worth camping here one dayWhen I reach the old corral at Howe Spring, I realize that it's completely burnedThumbnailsRiding away from Howe Spring, I find myself thinking that, yes, it would be worth camping here one dayWhen I reach the old corral at Howe Spring, I realize that it's completely burnedThumbnailsRiding away from Howe Spring, I find myself thinking that, yes, it would be worth camping here one day

From here at about 5600 feet elevation, it will be a very gradual 800-foot downhill over about six miles to the bottom of the road in Watson Wash at about 4800 feet.