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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2008: Bikepacking in Henry Coe State Park / Day 8: China Hole, Henry Coe State Park, to home in downtown San José by bicycle, via Coyote Creek Trail /

Morning at China Hole: too many flies buzzing around to enjoy morning here, so I try to pack up as quickly as possible and leave

00522-china-hole-800px.jpg ThumbnailsView down the canyon behind my tent site at China Hole, Henry Coe State ParkThumbnailsView down the canyon behind my tent site at China Hole, Henry Coe State ParkThumbnailsView down the canyon behind my tent site at China Hole, Henry Coe State ParkThumbnailsView down the canyon behind my tent site at China Hole, Henry Coe State ParkThumbnailsView down the canyon behind my tent site at China Hole, Henry Coe State Park

Of course, this still takes me a while, and I eat a quick breakfast and make a cup of good coffee anyway. An early mountain biker comes down the trail and waves "hello" as he passes, the first other person that I've seen up close in a week.