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From my campsite on the Sleeping Beauty foothills, I can zoom in on a long freight train down by the freeway

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3431-train.jpg First order of this sunny morning is to dig a desert cat hole since I don't have access to a toilet out here!ThumbnailsI'm almost finished packing up the tent and its contents; good-bye Sleeping Beauty!First order of this sunny morning is to dig a desert cat hole since I don't have access to a toilet out here!ThumbnailsI'm almost finished packing up the tent and its contents; good-bye Sleeping Beauty!First order of this sunny morning is to dig a desert cat hole since I don't have access to a toilet out here!ThumbnailsI'm almost finished packing up the tent and its contents; good-bye Sleeping Beauty!First order of this sunny morning is to dig a desert cat hole since I don't have access to a toilet out here!ThumbnailsI'm almost finished packing up the tent and its contents; good-bye Sleeping Beauty!First order of this sunny morning is to dig a desert cat hole since I don't have access to a toilet out here!ThumbnailsI'm almost finished packing up the tent and its contents; good-bye Sleeping Beauty!First order of this sunny morning is to dig a desert cat hole since I don't have access to a toilet out here!ThumbnailsI'm almost finished packing up the tent and its contents; good-bye Sleeping Beauty!

I slept really well last night, though it was chilly. I have instant coffee while packing up, and I nibble on a bit of my dried food, but I don't eat a lot since I'll be eating at the Ludlow Café while on the road.