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Ivanpah Road rides ever so slightly downhill across Lanfair Valley

3716-ivanpah-road.jpg With relatively few wildflowers along Ivanpah Road, this little garden against a New York Mountains backdrop gets my attentionThumbnailsThe 10-ton bike takes a break at the junction of New York Mountains Road so I can check out an old OX Ranch corralWith relatively few wildflowers along Ivanpah Road, this little garden against a New York Mountains backdrop gets my attentionThumbnailsThe 10-ton bike takes a break at the junction of New York Mountains Road so I can check out an old OX Ranch corralWith relatively few wildflowers along Ivanpah Road, this little garden against a New York Mountains backdrop gets my attentionThumbnailsThe 10-ton bike takes a break at the junction of New York Mountains Road so I can check out an old OX Ranch corralWith relatively few wildflowers along Ivanpah Road, this little garden against a New York Mountains backdrop gets my attentionThumbnailsThe 10-ton bike takes a break at the junction of New York Mountains Road so I can check out an old OX Ranch corralWith relatively few wildflowers along Ivanpah Road, this little garden against a New York Mountains backdrop gets my attentionThumbnailsThe 10-ton bike takes a break at the junction of New York Mountains Road so I can check out an old OX Ranch corral

The grade is one or two percent, but the surface rough enough that I can't build up much speed. I'm glad I'm not carrying the weight of a full water load today. I have just enough water for the day, and it tastes like plastic.