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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 /

I bend around a switchback in another of my favourite stretches of China Hole Trail as I limp along upward

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I'm a fan of chamise and ceanothus chaparral like this, which is a common vegetation type on hillsides in the California coast ranges.