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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2008: Bikepacking in Henry Coe State Park / Day 7: Pacheco Camp to China Hole by bicycle, Henry Coe State Park /

A little more pedalling and I cross the high point of Coit Road with its grove of buckeye trees sporting reddish leaves

00423-ridge-800px.jpg Along here are numerous "California everlasting" plants with their dry flowersThumbnailsI get the faintest glimpse possible across Silicon Valley while riding down Coit Road toward Mahoney MeadowsAlong here are numerous "California everlasting" plants with their dry flowersThumbnailsI get the faintest glimpse possible across Silicon Valley while riding down Coit Road toward Mahoney MeadowsAlong here are numerous "California everlasting" plants with their dry flowersThumbnailsI get the faintest glimpse possible across Silicon Valley while riding down Coit Road toward Mahoney MeadowsAlong here are numerous "California everlasting" plants with their dry flowersThumbnailsI get the faintest glimpse possible across Silicon Valley while riding down Coit Road toward Mahoney MeadowsAlong here are numerous "California everlasting" plants with their dry flowersThumbnailsI get the faintest glimpse possible across Silicon Valley while riding down Coit Road toward Mahoney Meadows

Hey, I took a photo of this noteworthy buckeye grove when I passed by here last year...

Yes, I'm hot and sweaty, and yes, sunscreen is running down my face after rising almost 600 feet over 1.7 miles from Kelly Lake in the heat.