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7782-kelso-dunes-wilderness.jpg Back at "The Gate," it's time for me to prepare for check-out from the Bristol MountainsThumbnailsBeyond "The Gate," I begin the hike down the fan toward Broadwell Dry LakeBack at "The Gate," it's time for me to prepare for check-out from the Bristol MountainsThumbnailsBeyond "The Gate," I begin the hike down the fan toward Broadwell Dry LakeBack at "The Gate," it's time for me to prepare for check-out from the Bristol MountainsThumbnailsBeyond "The Gate," I begin the hike down the fan toward Broadwell Dry LakeBack at "The Gate," it's time for me to prepare for check-out from the Bristol MountainsThumbnailsBeyond "The Gate," I begin the hike down the fan toward Broadwell Dry LakeBack at "The Gate," it's time for me to prepare for check-out from the Bristol MountainsThumbnailsBeyond "The Gate," I begin the hike down the fan toward Broadwell Dry Lake

"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave." After two hikes here this week in the Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area, yes, I like this place, and yes, it's very worthy of the official Wilderness designation.