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Beyond the Joshua trees and junipers, I have good views over to the Castle Peaks while hiking back to my tent near Mail Spring

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Great vistas and so quiet; haven't seen another person today. I'm glad this area didn't burn in the 2005 Hackberry Complex brush fires like much of the juniper forest in Mojave National Preserve.