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Well, it looks like almost a mile of this sand lies ahead of me, and it would take some time to push the bike through it all

6448-powerline-road.jpg Uh oh, another sandy area on the Bristol Mountains powerline road, and the sand looks deeper than anything I've seen todayThumbnailsI start backtracking a little, looking for a good campsite here in the Bristol Mountains foothillsUh oh, another sandy area on the Bristol Mountains powerline road, and the sand looks deeper than anything I've seen todayThumbnailsI start backtracking a little, looking for a good campsite here in the Bristol Mountains foothillsUh oh, another sandy area on the Bristol Mountains powerline road, and the sand looks deeper than anything I've seen todayThumbnailsI start backtracking a little, looking for a good campsite here in the Bristol Mountains foothillsUh oh, another sandy area on the Bristol Mountains powerline road, and the sand looks deeper than anything I've seen todayThumbnailsI start backtracking a little, looking for a good campsite here in the Bristol Mountains foothillsUh oh, another sandy area on the Bristol Mountains powerline road, and the sand looks deeper than anything I've seen todayThumbnailsI start backtracking a little, looking for a good campsite here in the Bristol Mountains foothills

If I continue, I won't get much further up into the Bristol Mountains before dark. Also, I'll have to push through this sand again on the way back to Broadwell Dry Lake the day after tomorrow. I decide to look for a campsite in the immediate area.