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The first part of the backtrack ride away from the Pine Spring area rolls in between some low hills

2140-pine-spring-rd.jpg I ride down a short section of pavement on Black Canyon Road southbound from Hole-in-the-WallThumbnailsOne short, steep hill and I'll be up at the next Castle Peaks pinnaclesI ride down a short section of pavement on Black Canyon Road southbound from Hole-in-the-WallThumbnailsOne short, steep hill and I'll be up at the next Castle Peaks pinnaclesI ride down a short section of pavement on Black Canyon Road southbound from Hole-in-the-WallThumbnailsOne short, steep hill and I'll be up at the next Castle Peaks pinnaclesI ride down a short section of pavement on Black Canyon Road southbound from Hole-in-the-WallThumbnailsOne short, steep hill and I'll be up at the next Castle Peaks pinnaclesI ride down a short section of pavement on Black Canyon Road southbound from Hole-in-the-WallThumbnailsOne short, steep hill and I'll be up at the next Castle Peaks pinnacles

It's a remarkably green landscape, for the Mojave Desert, if not a bit grey, due to all the joshua trees, cholla cacti and blackbrush.