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As I pass Macedonia Canyon Road, I notice that it has a nice new gate and is signed now, with a rather large sign

4912-macedonia-canyon-road.jpg Wild Horse Canyon Road is always so scenic as it rolls gently downward toward the Providence MountainsThumbnailsI pass a field of orange desert mallow flowers on lower Wild Horse Canyon RoadWild Horse Canyon Road is always so scenic as it rolls gently downward toward the Providence MountainsThumbnailsI pass a field of orange desert mallow flowers on lower Wild Horse Canyon RoadWild Horse Canyon Road is always so scenic as it rolls gently downward toward the Providence MountainsThumbnailsI pass a field of orange desert mallow flowers on lower Wild Horse Canyon RoadWild Horse Canyon Road is always so scenic as it rolls gently downward toward the Providence MountainsThumbnailsI pass a field of orange desert mallow flowers on lower Wild Horse Canyon RoadWild Horse Canyon Road is always so scenic as it rolls gently downward toward the Providence MountainsThumbnailsI pass a field of orange desert mallow flowers on lower Wild Horse Canyon Road

The new gate is a nice addition, but I think I preferred the road unsigned. I thought Mojave National Preserve was going to keep most things unsigned, to preserve the sense of discovery. I visited Macedonia Canyon down there last spring.