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Tired when I get near the top of Sleeping Beauty road, I walk around in a fog for a while looking for a campsite not by the road

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2881-rain.jpg It has been dark for an hour now, and I'm finally on the dirt road off Route 66 leading up toward Sleeping Beauty mountainThumbnailsThe rain on my tent makes it look metallic with the camera flash; the rain has stopped and it's time to go to sleep!It has been dark for an hour now, and I'm finally on the dirt road off Route 66 leading up toward Sleeping Beauty mountainThumbnailsThe rain on my tent makes it look metallic with the camera flash; the rain has stopped and it's time to go to sleep!It has been dark for an hour now, and I'm finally on the dirt road off Route 66 leading up toward Sleeping Beauty mountainThumbnailsThe rain on my tent makes it look metallic with the camera flash; the rain has stopped and it's time to go to sleep!It has been dark for an hour now, and I'm finally on the dirt road off Route 66 leading up toward Sleeping Beauty mountainThumbnailsThe rain on my tent makes it look metallic with the camera flash; the rain has stopped and it's time to go to sleep!It has been dark for an hour now, and I'm finally on the dirt road off Route 66 leading up toward Sleeping Beauty mountainThumbnailsThe rain on my tent makes it look metallic with the camera flash; the rain has stopped and it's time to go to sleep!It has been dark for an hour now, and I'm finally on the dirt road off Route 66 leading up toward Sleeping Beauty mountainThumbnailsThe rain on my tent makes it look metallic with the camera flash; the rain has stopped and it's time to go to sleep!

Rain sets in around 21h, about an hour after I set up camp, and lasts a couple of hours. I don't remember this being in today's forecast! However, the pitter-patter is soothing on my tent roof, and it keeps excessive numbers of tourists away.