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I pass an old OX Ranch water tank, so I'll be leaving the Barnwell and Searchlight Railway grade shortly

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2546-water-tank.jpg I take the detour around another wash-out on the old Barnwell and Searchlight Railway gradeThumbnailsI start riding, and sometimes walking, the 10-ton bike up Castle Peaks Road, the final leg of today's tripI take the detour around another wash-out on the old Barnwell and Searchlight Railway gradeThumbnailsI start riding, and sometimes walking, the 10-ton bike up Castle Peaks Road, the final leg of today's tripI take the detour around another wash-out on the old Barnwell and Searchlight Railway gradeThumbnailsI start riding, and sometimes walking, the 10-ton bike up Castle Peaks Road, the final leg of today's tripI take the detour around another wash-out on the old Barnwell and Searchlight Railway gradeThumbnailsI start riding, and sometimes walking, the 10-ton bike up Castle Peaks Road, the final leg of today's tripI take the detour around another wash-out on the old Barnwell and Searchlight Railway gradeThumbnailsI start riding, and sometimes walking, the 10-ton bike up Castle Peaks Road, the final leg of today's trip

Somewhere a few hundred feet ahead, I should see a road leading toward the Castle Peaks. I'll turn there. I'm at about 4600 feet elevation now, up in the high country again.