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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2008: Bikepacking in Henry Coe State Park / Day 5: Mountain-bike ride up Red Creek Road to Upper San Antonio Valley and back from Paradise Lake /

On the way back down to Red Creek, I come across a view of switchbacks that I will coast down in a few minutes

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00138-switchback-800px.jpg As I begin the big two-mile downhill, I'm reminded why I bother putting so much effort into reaching high places by human powerThumbnailsOK, I'm almost down at the bottom of the hill and I can see bits of dry Red Creek down in the canyon belowAs I begin the big two-mile downhill, I'm reminded why I bother putting so much effort into reaching high places by human powerThumbnailsOK, I'm almost down at the bottom of the hill and I can see bits of dry Red Creek down in the canyon belowAs I begin the big two-mile downhill, I'm reminded why I bother putting so much effort into reaching high places by human powerThumbnailsOK, I'm almost down at the bottom of the hill and I can see bits of dry Red Creek down in the canyon belowAs I begin the big two-mile downhill, I'm reminded why I bother putting so much effort into reaching high places by human powerThumbnailsOK, I'm almost down at the bottom of the hill and I can see bits of dry Red Creek down in the canyon belowAs I begin the big two-mile downhill, I'm reminded why I bother putting so much effort into reaching high places by human powerThumbnailsOK, I'm almost down at the bottom of the hill and I can see bits of dry Red Creek down in the canyon below

I didn't notice this particular view on the way up. Heading downhill reinvigorates me a little.