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From this area are excellent views across the joshua tree forest to Cima Dome, the subtle curve on the horizon

04418-aiken-mine-road.jpg I pause briefly on the rough road to look back through the joshua trees at the Cima mining area in the backgroundThumbnailsThe road eventually leaves the rough cinder area, crosses some light sand, then I find myself at a corral (Water Tank 3)I pause briefly on the rough road to look back through the joshua trees at the Cima mining area in the backgroundThumbnailsThe road eventually leaves the rough cinder area, crosses some light sand, then I find myself at a corral (Water Tank 3)I pause briefly on the rough road to look back through the joshua trees at the Cima mining area in the backgroundThumbnailsThe road eventually leaves the rough cinder area, crosses some light sand, then I find myself at a corral (Water Tank 3)I pause briefly on the rough road to look back through the joshua trees at the Cima mining area in the backgroundThumbnailsThe road eventually leaves the rough cinder area, crosses some light sand, then I find myself at a corral (Water Tank 3)I pause briefly on the rough road to look back through the joshua trees at the Cima mining area in the backgroundThumbnailsThe road eventually leaves the rough cinder area, crosses some light sand, then I find myself at a corral (Water Tank 3)

The small volcanic rocks on the road here are numerous and sharp enough that I walk the 10-ton bike along some stretches. Kessler Peak is the small mountainous outcrop at the distant left, near which I camped several nights ago.