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Back on the 10-ton bike, I begin the ride up out of Kelly Canyon on Coit Road

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00402-shade-800px.jpg As I walk up the Kelly Lake dam, I see a tent near the lake in the distanceThumbnailsI rise out of the shady section and back into the hot sun at a tight switchback on Coit RoadAs I walk up the Kelly Lake dam, I see a tent near the lake in the distanceThumbnailsI rise out of the shady section and back into the hot sun at a tight switchback on Coit RoadAs I walk up the Kelly Lake dam, I see a tent near the lake in the distanceThumbnailsI rise out of the shady section and back into the hot sun at a tight switchback on Coit RoadAs I walk up the Kelly Lake dam, I see a tent near the lake in the distanceThumbnailsI rise out of the shady section and back into the hot sun at a tight switchback on Coit RoadAs I walk up the Kelly Lake dam, I see a tent near the lake in the distanceThumbnailsI rise out of the shady section and back into the hot sun at a tight switchback on Coit Road

A brief stretch of full shade like this, a rare and coveted commodity in Henry Coe State Park, is impressive enough that I clearly remember passing through here during last year's Henry Coe trip.