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I try riding a half-mile down a really sandy road near Rustler Canyon, but it doesn't work out and I decide to backtrack

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122756-sand-road.jpg I ride down a short section of pavement on Black Canyon Road southbound from Hole-in-the-WallThumbnailsThis better, unnamed road in the Woods Wash Valley is also rather sandy, but it is rideableI ride down a short section of pavement on Black Canyon Road southbound from Hole-in-the-WallThumbnailsThis better, unnamed road in the Woods Wash Valley is also rather sandy, but it is rideableI ride down a short section of pavement on Black Canyon Road southbound from Hole-in-the-WallThumbnailsThis better, unnamed road in the Woods Wash Valley is also rather sandy, but it is rideableI ride down a short section of pavement on Black Canyon Road southbound from Hole-in-the-WallThumbnailsThis better, unnamed road in the Woods Wash Valley is also rather sandy, but it is rideableI ride down a short section of pavement on Black Canyon Road southbound from Hole-in-the-WallThumbnailsThis better, unnamed road in the Woods Wash Valley is also rather sandy, but it is rideableI ride down a short section of pavement on Black Canyon Road southbound from Hole-in-the-WallThumbnailsThis better, unnamed road in the Woods Wash Valley is also rather sandy, but it is rideable

There aren't even any tire tracks on this road! Instead, I decide to try another open nearby road (thanks to my map), which proves to be more serviceable.