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Further down the wash, I notice the old dirt-bike tracks again

7036-kelso-dunes-wilderness.jpg As I continue my return hike, I notice an old road climbing a hillside, which I didn't notice while hiking up the washThumbnailsCurved layers of rock in "South Broadwell Wash"As I continue my return hike, I notice an old road climbing a hillside, which I didn't notice while hiking up the washThumbnailsCurved layers of rock in "South Broadwell Wash"As I continue my return hike, I notice an old road climbing a hillside, which I didn't notice while hiking up the washThumbnailsCurved layers of rock in "South Broadwell Wash"As I continue my return hike, I notice an old road climbing a hillside, which I didn't notice while hiking up the washThumbnailsCurved layers of rock in "South Broadwell Wash"As I continue my return hike, I notice an old road climbing a hillside, which I didn't notice while hiking up the washThumbnailsCurved layers of rock in "South Broadwell Wash"

This signals my return to the far edge of civilization, even though I'm still within the boundaries of the Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area.