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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2008: Bikepacking in Henry Coe State Park / Day 4: Hike from Paradise Lake up Rooster Comb Trail and Orestimba Creek Road to Robison Creek and back /

After my break, I drop back down to the Rooster Comb Trail, the sign for which is the white post at the centre-right

00062-rooster-comb-descent-.jpg I'm overheating, so I take a break in some shade and enjoy the breeze up on this hillThumbnailsI experience more great views on the return trip down Rooster Comb Trail to Orestimba CreekI'm overheating, so I take a break in some shade and enjoy the breeze up on this hillThumbnailsI experience more great views on the return trip down Rooster Comb Trail to Orestimba CreekI'm overheating, so I take a break in some shade and enjoy the breeze up on this hillThumbnailsI experience more great views on the return trip down Rooster Comb Trail to Orestimba CreekI'm overheating, so I take a break in some shade and enjoy the breeze up on this hillThumbnailsI experience more great views on the return trip down Rooster Comb Trail to Orestimba CreekI'm overheating, so I take a break in some shade and enjoy the breeze up on this hillThumbnailsI experience more great views on the return trip down Rooster Comb Trail to Orestimba Creek

To avoid backtracking the rest of today's route, I consider climbing all the way up to the real Rooster Comb Summit and descending cross-country down a steep hill to get back to Paradise Lake.

That route would be shorter, steeper and more dramatic, but I'm feeling more tired than adventurous right now.