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Diminutive phacelia flowers grow in the road on the "shortcut" between Globe Mine Road's south and middle forks

07944-phacelia-800px.jpg I begin wobbling up the gentle grade of Kelso-Cima Road away from Kelso Depot up to Globe Mine RoadThumbnailsI hang out at the Kelso Depot visitor centre for almost an hour, fill up my water supply, and ask rangers about area conditionsI begin wobbling up the gentle grade of Kelso-Cima Road away from Kelso Depot up to Globe Mine RoadThumbnailsI hang out at the Kelso Depot visitor centre for almost an hour, fill up my water supply, and ask rangers about area conditionsI begin wobbling up the gentle grade of Kelso-Cima Road away from Kelso Depot up to Globe Mine RoadThumbnailsI hang out at the Kelso Depot visitor centre for almost an hour, fill up my water supply, and ask rangers about area conditionsI begin wobbling up the gentle grade of Kelso-Cima Road away from Kelso Depot up to Globe Mine RoadThumbnailsI hang out at the Kelso Depot visitor centre for almost an hour, fill up my water supply, and ask rangers about area conditionsI begin wobbling up the gentle grade of Kelso-Cima Road away from Kelso Depot up to Globe Mine RoadThumbnailsI hang out at the Kelso Depot visitor centre for almost an hour, fill up my water supply, and ask rangers about area conditions

I'm guessing that fewer than one vehicle per day drives this road, so these little flowers end up surviving.