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Orestimba Creek Road stays down in the dry creek bed after a while, as I get closer to Red Creek Road

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09808-orestimba-creek-road-.jpg A lot of brickellbush grows in the dry, gravelly Orestimba Creek stream bedThumbnailsI ride a mile up Red Creek Road across Paradise Flat, one of the only flat areas in Henry Coe State Park, and I feel hotterA lot of brickellbush grows in the dry, gravelly Orestimba Creek stream bedThumbnailsI ride a mile up Red Creek Road across Paradise Flat, one of the only flat areas in Henry Coe State Park, and I feel hotterA lot of brickellbush grows in the dry, gravelly Orestimba Creek stream bedThumbnailsI ride a mile up Red Creek Road across Paradise Flat, one of the only flat areas in Henry Coe State Park, and I feel hotterA lot of brickellbush grows in the dry, gravelly Orestimba Creek stream bedThumbnailsI ride a mile up Red Creek Road across Paradise Flat, one of the only flat areas in Henry Coe State Park, and I feel hotterA lot of brickellbush grows in the dry, gravelly Orestimba Creek stream bedThumbnailsI ride a mile up Red Creek Road across Paradise Flat, one of the only flat areas in Henry Coe State Park, and I feel hotter

This part of the road looks like it would be mostly underwater during the wet season. At this time of year, the gravel bed of the creek gives off a lot of heat.