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Once Cedar Canyon Road enters the Mid Hills, it drops down into Cedar Wash for a couple of miles

3995-cedar-canyon.jpg Cedar Canyon Road rises through a healthy joshua tree forest, with Cima Dome still in the background when I look behind meThumbnailsLooking behind me at the heavily washboarded surface of Cedar Canyon Road as it drops into Cedar WashCedar Canyon Road rises through a healthy joshua tree forest, with Cima Dome still in the background when I look behind meThumbnailsLooking behind me at the heavily washboarded surface of Cedar Canyon Road as it drops into Cedar WashCedar Canyon Road rises through a healthy joshua tree forest, with Cima Dome still in the background when I look behind meThumbnailsLooking behind me at the heavily washboarded surface of Cedar Canyon Road as it drops into Cedar WashCedar Canyon Road rises through a healthy joshua tree forest, with Cima Dome still in the background when I look behind meThumbnailsLooking behind me at the heavily washboarded surface of Cedar Canyon Road as it drops into Cedar WashCedar Canyon Road rises through a healthy joshua tree forest, with Cima Dome still in the background when I look behind meThumbnailsLooking behind me at the heavily washboarded surface of Cedar Canyon Road as it drops into Cedar Wash

It's nice to have a short descent after so many miles of uphill climbing today, but the toughest will be saved for the end. This is the first dirt road I've ridden on this trip, and it's definitely slower than pavement!