Exploring Bulldog Canyon

I went back to Bulldog Canyon today. Same place I was yesterday. I did a little more hiking around near the "road", though. Speaking of roads, I was looking at the satellite view of that area on Google maps a few minutes ago and realized that I may not have been on the road. It's hard to say where the road is out there. None of the maps that I could find online even mention that part of Bulldog Canyon. It seems like not a lot of people go out there, either, which is great. I've quit going to the more popular parts of Bulldog Canyon on weekends because there are too many annoying people out there (but I'm easily annoyed, so it doesn't take many people). Anyway, about the road; I may not have been on the road. I see other roads that branch off from it. I thought maybe they were illicit roads when I went past them, but maybe not. The rules for Bulldog Canyon say that you are supposed to ride only on roads marked by vertical fiberglass markers. There is not one single vertical fiberglass marker in the area I've been in the past couple of days. Don't say it. There wouldn't be a gate if you couldn't drive in there at all, and there is a gate. I'll have to check out one of those other roads soon.

Riding the ATV and then hiking is quite a workout. I feel like I have to stand on the pegs on the rough spots to isolate the camera from the bumps. On the steep parts, I have to stand on the pegs to shift my weight around (to keep the ATV from flipping). By the time I was halfway back to the truck on the way out, I was going very slowly over the bumpy stuff and sitting down. Still have to stand on the steep parts, though. There is one steep part that is also very rough and very long (well, it seems long). I had to stop and rest on the way up today. It isn't real restful when your tires are on the verge of sliding and your vehicle is on the verge of tipping, though. Oh, I'm exaggerating for dramatic effect. Don't worry.

Speaking of dramatic effect, Sweetums asked Kyle if he really almost went over a cliff yesterday. He said no, then he said, "I was about 3 feet from it". No sweat.

Like yesterday, I'm writing this as I'm processing HDRIs. There seem to be a lot of pictures that I like but that I don't think would be interesting to other people. So even though I took about 100 pictures today, there are only 20 in the web album.

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