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I walk back to the China Ranch store, rest briefly, drink two cans of cold Coca-cola, and begin the ride up out of the canyon

ch-000003-up-canyon.jpg It's fun to pull gently at knobs on the old car's dashboard to see if they budgeThumbnailsNear the crest of China Ranch Road, I chat with another bicyclist before heading down to Tecopa Hot Springs to end the dayIt's fun to pull gently at knobs on the old car's dashboard to see if they budgeThumbnailsNear the crest of China Ranch Road, I chat with another bicyclist before heading down to Tecopa Hot Springs to end the dayIt's fun to pull gently at knobs on the old car's dashboard to see if they budgeThumbnailsNear the crest of China Ranch Road, I chat with another bicyclist before heading down to Tecopa Hot Springs to end the dayIt's fun to pull gently at knobs on the old car's dashboard to see if they budgeThumbnailsNear the crest of China Ranch Road, I chat with another bicyclist before heading down to Tecopa Hot Springs to end the dayIt's fun to pull gently at knobs on the old car's dashboard to see if they budgeThumbnailsNear the crest of China Ranch Road, I chat with another bicyclist before heading down to Tecopa Hot Springs to end the day

My two-litre bottle of water didn't stay cold for long in this heat, and it runs out just as I return to the China Ranch store.

I buy another bottle of cold water for the ride back to Tecopa Hot Springs Campground via the scenic China Ranch Road.