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I turn around and start my way back down Saddle Horse Canyon, wondering if I shouldn't be turning around so soon

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4065-saddle-horse-canyon.jpg Well, this is about as far up Saddle Horse Canyon as I'll go; I want to be riding up Wild Horse Canyon Road around sunsetThumbnailsThis bushy desert oak shrub in Saddle Horse Canyon seems to have grown back despite being burned in the 2005 brush firesWell, this is about as far up Saddle Horse Canyon as I'll go; I want to be riding up Wild Horse Canyon Road around sunsetThumbnailsThis bushy desert oak shrub in Saddle Horse Canyon seems to have grown back despite being burned in the 2005 brush firesWell, this is about as far up Saddle Horse Canyon as I'll go; I want to be riding up Wild Horse Canyon Road around sunsetThumbnailsThis bushy desert oak shrub in Saddle Horse Canyon seems to have grown back despite being burned in the 2005 brush firesWell, this is about as far up Saddle Horse Canyon as I'll go; I want to be riding up Wild Horse Canyon Road around sunsetThumbnailsThis bushy desert oak shrub in Saddle Horse Canyon seems to have grown back despite being burned in the 2005 brush firesWell, this is about as far up Saddle Horse Canyon as I'll go; I want to be riding up Wild Horse Canyon Road around sunsetThumbnailsThis bushy desert oak shrub in Saddle Horse Canyon seems to have grown back despite being burned in the 2005 brush fires

I made the mistake of not wearing long pants on this hike, the consequence being that I'm constantly stopping to pull out grass pieces from my socks that poke into my ankles like little thorns.