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Desert / Ghost Town Trek #30b

Mojave River's Afton Canyon, east of Barstow, CA, May 2012.
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Looking back to the east.
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Wild mountain goats up on the ledge at lower left.
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The scenery and vegetation continues to morph up the canyon.
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The roads switches back and forth from railroad bed to river bed.
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Coming into a riparian zone. The river upstream in Barstow is completely dry, so there must be springs surfacing here.
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First sighting of water.
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Sweeping view of the canyon as it rounds a huge bend.
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