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I decide to try hiking the adjacent Barber Mountain Loop Trail, or at least part of it, since I'm here

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140248-barber-loop-trail.jpg I notice a big patch of those pink dry buckwheats that I see here and there in the Mojave Desert, near the top of Rings TrailThumbnailsThe Barber Mountain Loop Trail climbs slowly from the Rings Trail summitI notice a big patch of those pink dry buckwheats that I see here and there in the Mojave Desert, near the top of Rings TrailThumbnailsThe Barber Mountain Loop Trail climbs slowly from the Rings Trail summitI notice a big patch of those pink dry buckwheats that I see here and there in the Mojave Desert, near the top of Rings TrailThumbnailsThe Barber Mountain Loop Trail climbs slowly from the Rings Trail summitI notice a big patch of those pink dry buckwheats that I see here and there in the Mojave Desert, near the top of Rings TrailThumbnailsThe Barber Mountain Loop Trail climbs slowly from the Rings Trail summitI notice a big patch of those pink dry buckwheats that I see here and there in the Mojave Desert, near the top of Rings TrailThumbnailsThe Barber Mountain Loop Trail climbs slowly from the Rings Trail summitI notice a big patch of those pink dry buckwheats that I see here and there in the Mojave Desert, near the top of Rings TrailThumbnailsThe Barber Mountain Loop Trail climbs slowly from the Rings Trail summit

My bicycle headlight is happily recharging back at Hole-in-the-Wall Visitor Centre, so I might as well give it more time. As I begin the gentle initial climb, I turn back for a great view of the area around the top of the Rings Trail.