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It's a slow bumpy ride and it's fun to try to follow old tire tracks in the grass and stay on the "road"

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00016-rd-creek-road-800px.jpg Red Creek Road turns out to be a lesser road than I was expectingThumbnailsI take a break at the junction of Robison Creek Trail; I'm almost four miles from Paradise Lake now on another hot, sweaty dayRed Creek Road turns out to be a lesser road than I was expectingThumbnailsI take a break at the junction of Robison Creek Trail; I'm almost four miles from Paradise Lake now on another hot, sweaty dayRed Creek Road turns out to be a lesser road than I was expectingThumbnailsI take a break at the junction of Robison Creek Trail; I'm almost four miles from Paradise Lake now on another hot, sweaty dayRed Creek Road turns out to be a lesser road than I was expectingThumbnailsI take a break at the junction of Robison Creek Trail; I'm almost four miles from Paradise Lake now on another hot, sweaty dayRed Creek Road turns out to be a lesser road than I was expectingThumbnailsI take a break at the junction of Robison Creek Trail; I'm almost four miles from Paradise Lake now on another hot, sweaty day

However, you can't really get lost in the narrow canyon, whether you're on the actual road or not. This whole area is part of the Orestimba Wilderness, and thus off-limits to bicycles, with the exception of Red Creek Road itself.