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A mile north of my campsite is "the fork" in the road to Cottonwood Canyon and Butcher Knife Canyon

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09234-fork-800px.jpg Erosion on the old road to Cottonwood Canyon has exposed some old rubber piping that had been buried under the roadThumbnailsThe joshua tree forest gets denser as one gets closer to Cottonwood Canyon at the bottom of the mountainsErosion on the old road to Cottonwood Canyon has exposed some old rubber piping that had been buried under the roadThumbnailsThe joshua tree forest gets denser as one gets closer to Cottonwood Canyon at the bottom of the mountainsErosion on the old road to Cottonwood Canyon has exposed some old rubber piping that had been buried under the roadThumbnailsThe joshua tree forest gets denser as one gets closer to Cottonwood Canyon at the bottom of the mountainsErosion on the old road to Cottonwood Canyon has exposed some old rubber piping that had been buried under the roadThumbnailsThe joshua tree forest gets denser as one gets closer to Cottonwood Canyon at the bottom of the mountainsErosion on the old road to Cottonwood Canyon has exposed some old rubber piping that had been buried under the roadThumbnailsThe joshua tree forest gets denser as one gets closer to Cottonwood Canyon at the bottom of the mountains

The right fork to Cottonwood Canyon and Cottonwood Spring is my route right now; the left fork leads to Butcher Knife Canyon and Butcher Knife Spring. I'll hike cross-country to Butcher Knife later this afternoon.