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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 /

Now I pass through my most favourite part of China Hole Trail, "the manzanita tunnel"

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00550-manzanita-800px.jpg China Hole Trail passes through a lot of chamise again before entering another manzanita-dominated areaThumbnailsLooking back down toward the canyon across to Willow Ridge from Manzanita Point Road, about 1100 feet above China HoleChina Hole Trail passes through a lot of chamise again before entering another manzanita-dominated areaThumbnailsLooking back down toward the canyon across to Willow Ridge from Manzanita Point Road, about 1100 feet above China HoleChina Hole Trail passes through a lot of chamise again before entering another manzanita-dominated areaThumbnailsLooking back down toward the canyon across to Willow Ridge from Manzanita Point Road, about 1100 feet above China HoleChina Hole Trail passes through a lot of chamise again before entering another manzanita-dominated areaThumbnailsLooking back down toward the canyon across to Willow Ridge from Manzanita Point Road, about 1100 feet above China HoleChina Hole Trail passes through a lot of chamise again before entering another manzanita-dominated areaThumbnailsLooking back down toward the canyon across to Willow Ridge from Manzanita Point Road, about 1100 feet above China Hole

The manzanita growth seems slightly less dense than what I remember from last year. Faulty memory perhaps, but some trimming may have been done, either by maintenance crews or last year's brush fire. Passing here means that I've almost reached the top of the trail.