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I ride almost five miles up the gentle grade of Kelso-Cima Road to the Cima Store, gaining about 450 feet in elevation

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5896-kelso-cima-road.jpg I cross a cattleguard, then the train tracks, then turn right (north) on Kelso-Cima Road at the stop signThumbnailsOutside the Cima Store is a pay phone and a very worn sign telling us to preserve our desert (good message)I cross a cattleguard, then the train tracks, then turn right (north) on Kelso-Cima Road at the stop signThumbnailsOutside the Cima Store is a pay phone and a very worn sign telling us to preserve our desert (good message)I cross a cattleguard, then the train tracks, then turn right (north) on Kelso-Cima Road at the stop signThumbnailsOutside the Cima Store is a pay phone and a very worn sign telling us to preserve our desert (good message)I cross a cattleguard, then the train tracks, then turn right (north) on Kelso-Cima Road at the stop signThumbnailsOutside the Cima Store is a pay phone and a very worn sign telling us to preserve our desert (good message)I cross a cattleguard, then the train tracks, then turn right (north) on Kelso-Cima Road at the stop signThumbnailsOutside the Cima Store is a pay phone and a very worn sign telling us to preserve our desert (good message)

The slight uphill combined with patches of sunshine means that I'm starting to sweat; time to take off my windbreaker! I don't see any wetness on the road, but the distinct smell of summer rain is in the air.