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I turn on the road to the old Rattlesnake Mine site

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youtube-c5u67ezFDmk-60efb5819f848.jpg I ride west on the pipeline road toward the old Rattlesnake Mine areaThumbnailsA few yellow flowers (Encelia farinosa perhaps) bloom at the old Rattlesnake Mine siteI ride west on the pipeline road toward the old Rattlesnake Mine areaThumbnailsA few yellow flowers (Encelia farinosa perhaps) bloom at the old Rattlesnake Mine siteI ride west on the pipeline road toward the old Rattlesnake Mine areaThumbnailsA few yellow flowers (Encelia farinosa perhaps) bloom at the old Rattlesnake Mine site

For a road that's not used all that much, this one is quite ridable, so far at least. It's a bit under a mile to the mine site, with a slight uphill grade.