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Onward and upward on the final three miles of climbing of Morning Star Mine Road

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03593-morning-star-mine-roa.jpg Behind the Morning Star Mine Road corral is a dirt road that crosses the fan to the base of the New York MountainsThumbnailsI divert my attention away from the climb by staring off into the distance at the Butcher Knife Canyon area of the Mid HillsBehind the Morning Star Mine Road corral is a dirt road that crosses the fan to the base of the New York MountainsThumbnailsI divert my attention away from the climb by staring off into the distance at the Butcher Knife Canyon area of the Mid HillsBehind the Morning Star Mine Road corral is a dirt road that crosses the fan to the base of the New York MountainsThumbnailsI divert my attention away from the climb by staring off into the distance at the Butcher Knife Canyon area of the Mid HillsBehind the Morning Star Mine Road corral is a dirt road that crosses the fan to the base of the New York MountainsThumbnailsI divert my attention away from the climb by staring off into the distance at the Butcher Knife Canyon area of the Mid HillsBehind the Morning Star Mine Road corral is a dirt road that crosses the fan to the base of the New York MountainsThumbnailsI divert my attention away from the climb by staring off into the distance at the Butcher Knife Canyon area of the Mid Hills

I'm ready to tackle this hill, this headwind, this heartburn. Intermittent crosswinds are mildly destabilizing, but still better than the headwind. The grade is a tad steeper here, mostly three-to-four percent, and occasionally five.