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I look back regularly while climbing Black Canyon Road to take in the purple haze in the warmer areas south of Mojave Preserve

4848-black-canyon-road.jpg Table Mountain and Twin Buttes take on a postcard-photo aura as I ride slowly up Black Canyon RoadThumbnailsAt sunset on Black Canyon Road, I pass the Gold Valley RanchTable Mountain and Twin Buttes take on a postcard-photo aura as I ride slowly up Black Canyon RoadThumbnailsAt sunset on Black Canyon Road, I pass the Gold Valley RanchTable Mountain and Twin Buttes take on a postcard-photo aura as I ride slowly up Black Canyon RoadThumbnailsAt sunset on Black Canyon Road, I pass the Gold Valley RanchTable Mountain and Twin Buttes take on a postcard-photo aura as I ride slowly up Black Canyon RoadThumbnailsAt sunset on Black Canyon Road, I pass the Gold Valley RanchTable Mountain and Twin Buttes take on a postcard-photo aura as I ride slowly up Black Canyon RoadThumbnailsAt sunset on Black Canyon Road, I pass the Gold Valley Ranch

My original plan for this trip included visiting some of those warmer areas down there, but it got postponed by a month, and then hotter weather set in. In late May, I'm happier up here in the highlands!