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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / Fall 2010: Route 66 and Kelso Dunes Wilderness Bicycle Camping / Day 3: Day hike into Kelso Dunes Wilderness to the south end of Broadwell Mesa /

I cross the first of several drainages from the Bristol Mountains; this small tree seems to like living here in the flood zone

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6522-tree.jpg Very few plants in this area of the desert flower at this time of year, but here are a few minimal flowersThumbnailsThis low area on the west side of the Bristol Mountains collects blowing sandVery few plants in this area of the desert flower at this time of year, but here are a few minimal flowersThumbnailsThis low area on the west side of the Bristol Mountains collects blowing sandVery few plants in this area of the desert flower at this time of year, but here are a few minimal flowersThumbnailsThis low area on the west side of the Bristol Mountains collects blowing sandVery few plants in this area of the desert flower at this time of year, but here are a few minimal flowersThumbnailsThis low area on the west side of the Bristol Mountains collects blowing sandVery few plants in this area of the desert flower at this time of year, but here are a few minimal flowersThumbnailsThis low area on the west side of the Bristol Mountains collects blowing sand

This must be a "Smoke tree" (Psorothamnus spinosus).