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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2008: Bikepacking in Henry Coe State Park / Day 6: Bicycle ride from Paradise Lake back to Pacheco Camp, the beginning of my route out of Henry Coe State Park /

I can smell the plant growth in the lake under the hot morning sun as I pump water through the water filter

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00233-paradise-lake-water-8.jpg I park the 10-ton bike at the bottom of the hill on the road that leaves Paradise LakeThumbnailsI carry my saddlebags up the hill separately from the bike and reassemble the rig at the top of the hill in a shady areaI park the 10-ton bike at the bottom of the hill on the road that leaves Paradise LakeThumbnailsI carry my saddlebags up the hill separately from the bike and reassemble the rig at the top of the hill in a shady areaI park the 10-ton bike at the bottom of the hill on the road that leaves Paradise LakeThumbnailsI carry my saddlebags up the hill separately from the bike and reassemble the rig at the top of the hill in a shady areaI park the 10-ton bike at the bottom of the hill on the road that leaves Paradise LakeThumbnailsI carry my saddlebags up the hill separately from the bike and reassemble the rig at the top of the hill in a shady areaI park the 10-ton bike at the bottom of the hill on the road that leaves Paradise LakeThumbnailsI carry my saddlebags up the hill separately from the bike and reassemble the rig at the top of the hill in a shady area

Quite a few yellowjackets are buzzing around and I'm watching them carefully due to my wasp allergy. They seem busy gleaning vapours off the water's edge and uninterested in me, even though I'm transpiring enough to become attractive to them.