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OK, I return to the middle fork of Globe Mine Road and start what will probably be a rather sandy two-mile ride down the fan

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I was hoping that the road to the guzzler might provide a harder-packed alternate route. I have about two miles to ride until I reach the pavement of Kelso-Cima Road.