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After my cell-phone break, I speed down the final 2.75 miles of Cedar Canyon Road at about 20 mph; pavement begins just ahead

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5872-cedar-canyon-road.jpg The moist clouds blow past; what first looks like a bit of pollen in the breeze are a few snowflakesThumbnailsI cross a cattleguard, then the train tracks, then turn right (north) on Kelso-Cima Road at the stop signThe moist clouds blow past; what first looks like a bit of pollen in the breeze are a few snowflakesThumbnailsI cross a cattleguard, then the train tracks, then turn right (north) on Kelso-Cima Road at the stop signThe moist clouds blow past; what first looks like a bit of pollen in the breeze are a few snowflakesThumbnailsI cross a cattleguard, then the train tracks, then turn right (north) on Kelso-Cima Road at the stop signThe moist clouds blow past; what first looks like a bit of pollen in the breeze are a few snowflakesThumbnailsI cross a cattleguard, then the train tracks, then turn right (north) on Kelso-Cima Road at the stop signThe moist clouds blow past; what first looks like a bit of pollen in the breeze are a few snowflakesThumbnailsI cross a cattleguard, then the train tracks, then turn right (north) on Kelso-Cima Road at the stop sign

It feels good to reach pavement and ride fast without having my teeth rattle from a washboarded road surface beneath me! Nonetheless, I'm glad that most of Cedar Canyon Road is rough and unpaved; it keeps the area remote.