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I take note of some blooming indigo bushes as I get closer to the powerline road

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3360-kelbaker-road.jpg My next hot-and-sweaty break is an hour later at Aiken Mine Road, which leads off toward the cinder cones and the lava tubeThumbnailsJust ahead of me, the power lines cross Kelbaker Road at about 3700 feet elevation; the powerline road is my goal for the dayMy next hot-and-sweaty break is an hour later at Aiken Mine Road, which leads off toward the cinder cones and the lava tubeThumbnailsJust ahead of me, the power lines cross Kelbaker Road at about 3700 feet elevation; the powerline road is my goal for the dayMy next hot-and-sweaty break is an hour later at Aiken Mine Road, which leads off toward the cinder cones and the lava tubeThumbnailsJust ahead of me, the power lines cross Kelbaker Road at about 3700 feet elevation; the powerline road is my goal for the dayMy next hot-and-sweaty break is an hour later at Aiken Mine Road, which leads off toward the cinder cones and the lava tubeThumbnailsJust ahead of me, the power lines cross Kelbaker Road at about 3700 feet elevation; the powerline road is my goal for the dayMy next hot-and-sweaty break is an hour later at Aiken Mine Road, which leads off toward the cinder cones and the lava tubeThumbnailsJust ahead of me, the power lines cross Kelbaker Road at about 3700 feet elevation; the powerline road is my goal for the day

The intense blue blossoms are so darkly coloured that you would probably never notice them when driving by in a car (or on a downhill bicycle ride). A few joshua trees sit quietly in the background.