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After another 20 minutes, I reach the top of the wash and locate the old Castle Peaks road

3082-castle-peaks.jpg I back up a few feet under a big boulder, still looking at the slot between the rocks in front of meThumbnailsNear the old house, a bird lands atop a joshua treeI back up a few feet under a big boulder, still looking at the slot between the rocks in front of meThumbnailsNear the old house, a bird lands atop a joshua treeI back up a few feet under a big boulder, still looking at the slot between the rocks in front of meThumbnailsNear the old house, a bird lands atop a joshua treeI back up a few feet under a big boulder, still looking at the slot between the rocks in front of meThumbnailsNear the old house, a bird lands atop a joshua treeI back up a few feet under a big boulder, still looking at the slot between the rocks in front of meThumbnailsNear the old house, a bird lands atop a joshua tree

At a junction of two old, closed roads here, I start walking down the wrong one, but turn around after about 30 seconds when I realize the scenery is wrong. This point is at about 5175 feet elevation here.