Back to the story, we headed for the mountains and it was looking very promising till we ran into the first locked gate. This one meant business, no way around it and no weak or down points. We were staring at the trail disappearing into the mountains and we couldn't get to it. I don't have a picture of the gate but I took one from the sides while I was looking for a way to go around it.
Massive stone wall! We have to make a decision to go and investigate a possible road about 2 miles to our right or west or backtrack to a possible track that could take us to a road that possibly would lead us back to the same track we were following. Every alternative had to be weighted in terms of fuel consumption as well as water. we decided to back track a few miles and bush-wacked our way through the desert till we met our planned track.
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