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I follow the tire tracks a short distance off my Hyten Spring hiking route and find that they end at a guzzler

3936-guzzler.jpg The Lewis (Lew) Carpenter Guzzler, Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI pass a deflated barrel cactus in Hyten Spring Wash that lost its footing on the steep adjacent hillsideThe Lewis (Lew) Carpenter Guzzler, Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI pass a deflated barrel cactus in Hyten Spring Wash that lost its footing on the steep adjacent hillsideThe Lewis (Lew) Carpenter Guzzler, Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI pass a deflated barrel cactus in Hyten Spring Wash that lost its footing on the steep adjacent hillsideThe Lewis (Lew) Carpenter Guzzler, Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI pass a deflated barrel cactus in Hyten Spring Wash that lost its footing on the steep adjacent hillsideThe Lewis (Lew) Carpenter Guzzler, Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI pass a deflated barrel cactus in Hyten Spring Wash that lost its footing on the steep adjacent hillsideThe Lewis (Lew) Carpenter Guzzler, Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI pass a deflated barrel cactus in Hyten Spring Wash that lost its footing on the steep adjacent hillside

This unexpected discovery explains most (but not all) of the tire tracks I've seen today. Guzzler-maintenance folks have permission to violate the mostly-good law that prohibits ordinary people from driving a bicycle or car into a Wilderness area like this. A full pond of water here, though not the freshest. I consider filtering some, and hiking an extra day in the area, but I do have plenty to get me back to Ludlow tomorrow.