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On the last leg of the trip toward Butcher Knife Canyon, I can actually ride some of the road

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09203-dusk-800px.jpg On the last few miles before Kelso Depot, the wind is so strong that I can barely maintain 7 miles per hourThumbnailsOn the north side of the Broadwell Natural Arch formation, I notice a few holes in the rock that I didn't see earlierOn the last few miles before Kelso Depot, the wind is so strong that I can barely maintain 7 miles per hourThumbnailsOn the north side of the Broadwell Natural Arch formation, I notice a few holes in the rock that I didn't see earlierOn the last few miles before Kelso Depot, the wind is so strong that I can barely maintain 7 miles per hourThumbnailsOn the north side of the Broadwell Natural Arch formation, I notice a few holes in the rock that I didn't see earlierOn the last few miles before Kelso Depot, the wind is so strong that I can barely maintain 7 miles per hourThumbnailsOn the north side of the Broadwell Natural Arch formation, I notice a few holes in the rock that I didn't see earlierOn the last few miles before Kelso Depot, the wind is so strong that I can barely maintain 7 miles per hourThumbnailsOn the north side of the Broadwell Natural Arch formation, I notice a few holes in the rock that I didn't see earlier

After dragging the bike through sand the last hour or so, walking the bike on packed earth now feels easy, and riding occasionally on the bumpy road at 8 miles per hour feels incredibly fast! Those lights way off in the distance: Las Vegas?