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After a few miles, I turn at Macedonia Canyon Road and pass through the flimsy barbed-wire gate

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Finally, I'll explore Macedonia Canyon today; I've been considering riding down this road for years, but didn't fit it into any of my previous Mojave National Preserve trips. I rode down the first quarter-mile during my 2006 trip here just to check it out.