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Gold Valley Mine Road passes briefly through a patch of juniper and sagebrush that escaped the 2005 brush fires

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4475-gold-valley-road.jpg About two miles down Wild Horse Canyon Road, I reach my next turn, an unnamed road that I'll call Gold Valley Mine RoadThumbnailsGold Valley Mine Road rolls over a series of natural drainages as it climbs gently up the hillAbout two miles down Wild Horse Canyon Road, I reach my next turn, an unnamed road that I'll call Gold Valley Mine RoadThumbnailsGold Valley Mine Road rolls over a series of natural drainages as it climbs gently up the hillAbout two miles down Wild Horse Canyon Road, I reach my next turn, an unnamed road that I'll call Gold Valley Mine RoadThumbnailsGold Valley Mine Road rolls over a series of natural drainages as it climbs gently up the hillAbout two miles down Wild Horse Canyon Road, I reach my next turn, an unnamed road that I'll call Gold Valley Mine RoadThumbnailsGold Valley Mine Road rolls over a series of natural drainages as it climbs gently up the hillAbout two miles down Wild Horse Canyon Road, I reach my next turn, an unnamed road that I'll call Gold Valley Mine RoadThumbnailsGold Valley Mine Road rolls over a series of natural drainages as it climbs gently up the hill

The high-desert greenery here provides a glimpse of what the Mid Hills area was like prior to the 2005 fires.