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The old Castle Peaks road leaves the pinnacles area and dips down between rolling hills on the way back to my campsite

3091-castle-peaks.jpg After another 20 minutes, I reach the top of the wash and locate the old Castle Peaks roadThumbnailsSome stretches of the old, closed Castle Peaks road are quite erodedAfter another 20 minutes, I reach the top of the wash and locate the old Castle Peaks roadThumbnailsSome stretches of the old, closed Castle Peaks road are quite erodedAfter another 20 minutes, I reach the top of the wash and locate the old Castle Peaks roadThumbnailsSome stretches of the old, closed Castle Peaks road are quite erodedAfter another 20 minutes, I reach the top of the wash and locate the old Castle Peaks roadThumbnailsSome stretches of the old, closed Castle Peaks road are quite erodedAfter another 20 minutes, I reach the top of the wash and locate the old Castle Peaks roadThumbnailsSome stretches of the old, closed Castle Peaks road are quite eroded

The high peaks of the New York Mountains jut up in the distance.