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After crossing the valley, Gold Valley Road comes to an end and I join the larger Black Canyon Road

4002-black-canyon-road.jpg I encounter a nice patch of Mojave asters on the way down into the valley below Castle PeaksThumbnailsThe six-mile ride down the Cima Road hill to the Cima Store, 800 feet below, is a blastI encounter a nice patch of Mojave asters on the way down into the valley below Castle PeaksThumbnailsThe six-mile ride down the Cima Road hill to the Cima Store, 800 feet below, is a blastI encounter a nice patch of Mojave asters on the way down into the valley below Castle PeaksThumbnailsThe six-mile ride down the Cima Road hill to the Cima Store, 800 feet below, is a blastI encounter a nice patch of Mojave asters on the way down into the valley below Castle PeaksThumbnailsThe six-mile ride down the Cima Road hill to the Cima Store, 800 feet below, is a blastI encounter a nice patch of Mojave asters on the way down into the valley below Castle PeaksThumbnailsThe six-mile ride down the Cima Road hill to the Cima Store, 800 feet below, is a blast

There's even a bit of pavement here, briefly, on Black Canyon Road, before I turn in on the short dirt road to the Hole-in-the-Wall visitor centre.