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I climb down into the wash and start walking up into the Kelso Mountains

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3548-kelso-peak-wash.jpg I arrive at the unnamed wash leading into the Kelso Mountains which I had targeted on my maps and GPSThumbnailsA big patch of paperbag bush (Salazaria mexicana) in the wash leading into the Kelso MountainsI arrive at the unnamed wash leading into the Kelso Mountains which I had targeted on my maps and GPSThumbnailsA big patch of paperbag bush (Salazaria mexicana) in the wash leading into the Kelso MountainsI arrive at the unnamed wash leading into the Kelso Mountains which I had targeted on my maps and GPSThumbnailsA big patch of paperbag bush (Salazaria mexicana) in the wash leading into the Kelso MountainsI arrive at the unnamed wash leading into the Kelso Mountains which I had targeted on my maps and GPSThumbnailsA big patch of paperbag bush (Salazaria mexicana) in the wash leading into the Kelso MountainsI arrive at the unnamed wash leading into the Kelso Mountains which I had targeted on my maps and GPSThumbnailsA big patch of paperbag bush (Salazaria mexicana) in the wash leading into the Kelso Mountains

There are a lot of footprints in the sand, but it looks more like animal traffic than human footprints. In places, I detect faint tire tracks, which shouldn't exist here, given that this is a designated Wilderness area.