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Cornfield Spring canyon here is already in the shade; it will be dark by 17h, a bit before I make it back to my tent

07101-cornfield-spring.jpg Parts of Cornfield Spring Road are quite rideable; perhaps I could have used my bicycle for part of today's hikeThumbnailsI step across some rocks in a patch of plants (maidenhair ferns, I think) under which a dark blue stream trickles vigourouslyParts of Cornfield Spring Road are quite rideable; perhaps I could have used my bicycle for part of today's hikeThumbnailsI step across some rocks in a patch of plants (maidenhair ferns, I think) under which a dark blue stream trickles vigourouslyParts of Cornfield Spring Road are quite rideable; perhaps I could have used my bicycle for part of today's hikeThumbnailsI step across some rocks in a patch of plants (maidenhair ferns, I think) under which a dark blue stream trickles vigourouslyParts of Cornfield Spring Road are quite rideable; perhaps I could have used my bicycle for part of today's hikeThumbnailsI step across some rocks in a patch of plants (maidenhair ferns, I think) under which a dark blue stream trickles vigourouslyParts of Cornfield Spring Road are quite rideable; perhaps I could have used my bicycle for part of today's hikeThumbnailsI step across some rocks in a patch of plants (maidenhair ferns, I think) under which a dark blue stream trickles vigourously

One thing I've noticed here in Cornfield Spring canyon is that creosote brushes grow fairly close to the stream. They aren't riparian plants, but I have seen them flourish in semi-moist washes at other locations also.