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About two miles down Wild Horse Canyon Road, I reach my next turn, an unnamed road that I'll call Gold Valley Mine Road

4471-gold-valley-road.jpg A quarter mile down the road from my campsite at Mid Hills campground, I turn right on Wild Horse Canyon RoadThumbnailsGold Valley Mine Road passes briefly through a patch of juniper and sagebrush that escaped the 2005 brush firesA quarter mile down the road from my campsite at Mid Hills campground, I turn right on Wild Horse Canyon RoadThumbnailsGold Valley Mine Road passes briefly through a patch of juniper and sagebrush that escaped the 2005 brush firesA quarter mile down the road from my campsite at Mid Hills campground, I turn right on Wild Horse Canyon RoadThumbnailsGold Valley Mine Road passes briefly through a patch of juniper and sagebrush that escaped the 2005 brush firesA quarter mile down the road from my campsite at Mid Hills campground, I turn right on Wild Horse Canyon RoadThumbnailsGold Valley Mine Road passes briefly through a patch of juniper and sagebrush that escaped the 2005 brush firesA quarter mile down the road from my campsite at Mid Hills campground, I turn right on Wild Horse Canyon RoadThumbnailsGold Valley Mine Road passes briefly through a patch of juniper and sagebrush that escaped the 2005 brush fires

Numerous back roads crisscross the area between Wild Horse Canyon Road and Black Canyon Road. I haven't tried riding any of them yet, so I'm looking forward to today's ride.