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The vegetation on the foothills of the adjacent Kelso Mountains is striking with its silver-grey brush against yellow flowers

01387-vegetation.jpg The 12-mile gradual descent to Kelso is fun, but I usually have a headwind that slows me down considerably, like I do todayThumbnailsStill heading downhill into the Kelso Valley, now approaching the town of Kelso, that ribbon of buildingsThe 12-mile gradual descent to Kelso is fun, but I usually have a headwind that slows me down considerably, like I do todayThumbnailsStill heading downhill into the Kelso Valley, now approaching the town of Kelso, that ribbon of buildingsThe 12-mile gradual descent to Kelso is fun, but I usually have a headwind that slows me down considerably, like I do todayThumbnailsStill heading downhill into the Kelso Valley, now approaching the town of Kelso, that ribbon of buildingsThe 12-mile gradual descent to Kelso is fun, but I usually have a headwind that slows me down considerably, like I do todayThumbnailsStill heading downhill into the Kelso Valley, now approaching the town of Kelso, that ribbon of buildingsThe 12-mile gradual descent to Kelso is fun, but I usually have a headwind that slows me down considerably, like I do todayThumbnailsStill heading downhill into the Kelso Valley, now approaching the town of Kelso, that ribbon of buildings

Here in late May, I'm past the flowering season for the vast majority of Mojave National Preserve plants, but these yellow flowers are still doing well.