Look what I found!
One interesting thing about this particular gravel road is that it’s marked with a “construction ahead” sign instead of the more accurate “pavement ends” sign.
(I went out early to avoid the heat, and managed to avoid /most/ of it. Not all – the second half of my return was oppressively hot and slow – but at least I managed to ride north, transit 4-5 miles of gravel road, and get halfway home before my water supplies evaporated and forced an emergency stop to rewater.)