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I'm now in Willow Wash, Mojave National Preserve, at the lowest point of today's hike: 4175 feet elevation

3450-willow-wash.jpg Purple phacelia flowers (Desert canterbury bells) as I approach Willow WashThumbnailsAs I slowly gain altitude in Willow Wash, I turn back for a view across Ivanpah Valley to the blue curvature of Cima DomePurple phacelia flowers (Desert canterbury bells) as I approach Willow WashThumbnailsAs I slowly gain altitude in Willow Wash, I turn back for a view across Ivanpah Valley to the blue curvature of Cima DomePurple phacelia flowers (Desert canterbury bells) as I approach Willow WashThumbnailsAs I slowly gain altitude in Willow Wash, I turn back for a view across Ivanpah Valley to the blue curvature of Cima DomePurple phacelia flowers (Desert canterbury bells) as I approach Willow WashThumbnailsAs I slowly gain altitude in Willow Wash, I turn back for a view across Ivanpah Valley to the blue curvature of Cima DomePurple phacelia flowers (Desert canterbury bells) as I approach Willow WashThumbnailsAs I slowly gain altitude in Willow Wash, I turn back for a view across Ivanpah Valley to the blue curvature of Cima Dome

It will be a gentle uphill in this wide wash and I should reach Willow Spring after about 1.5 miles.