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As the road crosses Watson Wash ahead, I run across a rancher in a pick-up truck on the way up that hill over there

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141536-lower-woods-wash.jpg Cow shit everywhere, I'm getting used to the smell in the hot sun!ThumbnailsI pause to shoot photos at another water stop along the route, more cow shit everywhere of course!Cow shit everywhere, I'm getting used to the smell in the hot sun!ThumbnailsI pause to shoot photos at another water stop along the route, more cow shit everywhere of course!Cow shit everywhere, I'm getting used to the smell in the hot sun!ThumbnailsI pause to shoot photos at another water stop along the route, more cow shit everywhere of course!Cow shit everywhere, I'm getting used to the smell in the hot sun!ThumbnailsI pause to shoot photos at another water stop along the route, more cow shit everywhere of course!Cow shit everywhere, I'm getting used to the smell in the hot sun!ThumbnailsI pause to shoot photos at another water stop along the route, more cow shit everywhere of course!Cow shit everywhere, I'm getting used to the smell in the hot sun!ThumbnailsI pause to shoot photos at another water stop along the route, more cow shit everywhere of course!

He's the only traffic I stumble across on today's dirt-riding. We have a good conversation and he warns me that there's a very sandy stretch ahead.