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A little further up the fan, I join the wide wash that I'll follow into the Bristol Mountains

7527-kelso-dunes-wilderness.jpg Approaching a rocky outcrop on the Bristol Mountains fan, I decide to check it outThumbnailsThis little guy might be a young barrel cactus sproutApproaching a rocky outcrop on the Bristol Mountains fan, I decide to check it outThumbnailsThis little guy might be a young barrel cactus sproutApproaching a rocky outcrop on the Bristol Mountains fan, I decide to check it outThumbnailsThis little guy might be a young barrel cactus sproutApproaching a rocky outcrop on the Bristol Mountains fan, I decide to check it outThumbnailsThis little guy might be a young barrel cactus sproutApproaching a rocky outcrop on the Bristol Mountains fan, I decide to check it outThumbnailsThis little guy might be a young barrel cactus sprout

I note a few rust-colored desert trumpets from last year, as well as smoke trees and catclaw acacias. Though now closed in an official Wilderness Area, the old road running up the wash apparently still gets occasional vehicular usage.