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As I approach a ridge in the New York Mountains, I notice pink cactus flowers popping out of a boulder

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6584-castle-peaks.jpg Beyond Indian Spring, I start hiking up the remnants of an old road that leads upwardThumbnailsA patch of phacelias bloom under the shade line of an old juniper treeBeyond Indian Spring, I start hiking up the remnants of an old road that leads upwardThumbnailsA patch of phacelias bloom under the shade line of an old juniper treeBeyond Indian Spring, I start hiking up the remnants of an old road that leads upwardThumbnailsA patch of phacelias bloom under the shade line of an old juniper treeBeyond Indian Spring, I start hiking up the remnants of an old road that leads upwardThumbnailsA patch of phacelias bloom under the shade line of an old juniper treeBeyond Indian Spring, I start hiking up the remnants of an old road that leads upwardThumbnailsA patch of phacelias bloom under the shade line of an old juniper tree

In the background is one of the outcrops of the Castle Peaks. I could hike up that way or I could continue exploring the lower ridge here. Decisions, decisions...