Wednesday's Winding Road

I took this in May, 2010, on my down to Hesperia, which is a little town down in the desert on the north side of this mountain range.  I took it while driving, so please forgive the poor quality, but this stretch of road has always been one of my favorites up here. There's a little creek on the right side of the road, down in a shallow ravine.  Sometimes I park the car and walk around.  It always astonishes me how much magic this area right next to a fairly busy road manages to keep:

I don't think many people take the time to get out and look over the side; I never see any of the 'markers' that people usually leave behind like squashed plants, cigarette butts and other trash.  It makes me grateful that not many people take the time to investigate places that are a bit difficult to get to (it's a bit of a hike down to the little stream) because, usually, too many people just drive the magic right out.