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I ride down a short section of pavement on Black Canyon Road southbound from Hole-in-the-Wall

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youtube-y1Rw61lrEZ8-60cd82e2e0696.jpg I go for a walk on the nature trail by Hole-in-the-Wall Visitor Centre and pass a Cactus wren nest in a cholla cactusThumbnailsI try riding a half-mile down a really sandy road near Rustler Canyon, but it doesn't work out and I decide to backtrackI go for a walk on the nature trail by Hole-in-the-Wall Visitor Centre and pass a Cactus wren nest in a cholla cactusThumbnailsI try riding a half-mile down a really sandy road near Rustler Canyon, but it doesn't work out and I decide to backtrackI go for a walk on the nature trail by Hole-in-the-Wall Visitor Centre and pass a Cactus wren nest in a cholla cactusThumbnailsI try riding a half-mile down a really sandy road near Rustler Canyon, but it doesn't work out and I decide to backtrack

It will be less than a mile when I leave pavement again, but it feels so smooth and fast since I've hardly ridden on pavement for over a week now. And it's downhill too!