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I stop at the Kelbaker Road summit and junction with the powerline road to look at Kelso Peak, tomorrow's hiking destination

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3373-powerline-road.jpg Riding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crowThumbnailsI ride down the powerline road a short distance and begin looking for a campsite; wow, the heat has really fried me todayRiding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crowThumbnailsI ride down the powerline road a short distance and begin looking for a campsite; wow, the heat has really fried me todayRiding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crowThumbnailsI ride down the powerline road a short distance and begin looking for a campsite; wow, the heat has really fried me todayRiding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crowThumbnailsI ride down the powerline road a short distance and begin looking for a campsite; wow, the heat has really fried me todayRiding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crowThumbnailsI ride down the powerline road a short distance and begin looking for a campsite; wow, the heat has really fried me today

I've stopped at this pull-out almost every time I've passed it during previous trips, but have never camped out up on this ridge nor explored any of the area on foot. That is about to change.