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I turn for a look across Crucero Valley as I stumble across the rocky landscape

3756-buckwheat.jpg There's a bit of a wind this morning as I pack up to leave Kelso Dunes Wilderness; my now-empty tent blows overThumbnailsAnd here's one of those Goldfields-like flowers of which I saw several while hiking Sleeping Beauty a couple of days agoThere's a bit of a wind this morning as I pack up to leave Kelso Dunes Wilderness; my now-empty tent blows overThumbnailsAnd here's one of those Goldfields-like flowers of which I saw several while hiking Sleeping Beauty a couple of days agoThere's a bit of a wind this morning as I pack up to leave Kelso Dunes Wilderness; my now-empty tent blows overThumbnailsAnd here's one of those Goldfields-like flowers of which I saw several while hiking Sleeping Beauty a couple of days agoThere's a bit of a wind this morning as I pack up to leave Kelso Dunes Wilderness; my now-empty tent blows overThumbnailsAnd here's one of those Goldfields-like flowers of which I saw several while hiking Sleeping Beauty a couple of days agoThere's a bit of a wind this morning as I pack up to leave Kelso Dunes Wilderness; my now-empty tent blows overThumbnailsAnd here's one of those Goldfields-like flowers of which I saw several while hiking Sleeping Beauty a couple of days agoThere's a bit of a wind this morning as I pack up to leave Kelso Dunes Wilderness; my now-empty tent blows overThumbnailsAnd here's one of those Goldfields-like flowers of which I saw several while hiking Sleeping Beauty a couple of days ago

There are many reddish buckwheat skeletons left from last year's flowering season.