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I've packed up the bike for a mountain-bike ride up to the top of Red Creek Road

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00113-bike-ready-800px.jpg Another blazing-hot morning at Paradise Lake, Henry Coe State ParkThumbnailsOn my way out of Paradise Lake, I stop by the dam and pump six litres of water for the dayAnother blazing-hot morning at Paradise Lake, Henry Coe State ParkThumbnailsOn my way out of Paradise Lake, I stop by the dam and pump six litres of water for the dayAnother blazing-hot morning at Paradise Lake, Henry Coe State ParkThumbnailsOn my way out of Paradise Lake, I stop by the dam and pump six litres of water for the dayAnother blazing-hot morning at Paradise Lake, Henry Coe State ParkThumbnailsOn my way out of Paradise Lake, I stop by the dam and pump six litres of water for the dayAnother blazing-hot morning at Paradise Lake, Henry Coe State ParkThumbnailsOn my way out of Paradise Lake, I stop by the dam and pump six litres of water for the day

This is the first and only mountain-biking day excursion that I do on this trip without carrying everything, leaving my home-base campsite in place.

I think I need to wipe the sunscreen into my facial pores a little better, but I'm already starting to sweat it off.