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It got rather cold overnight, so I didn't sleep well, but as soon as the sun hit my tent this morning, it was intensely hot!

101918-campsite.jpg ThumbnailsI encounter a barbed-wire fence shortly after I start today's hike toward Woods Wash; I find a spot where I can crawl under itThumbnailsI encounter a barbed-wire fence shortly after I start today's hike toward Woods Wash; I find a spot where I can crawl under itThumbnailsI encounter a barbed-wire fence shortly after I start today's hike toward Woods Wash; I find a spot where I can crawl under itThumbnailsI encounter a barbed-wire fence shortly after I start today's hike toward Woods Wash; I find a spot where I can crawl under itThumbnailsI encounter a barbed-wire fence shortly after I start today's hike toward Woods Wash; I find a spot where I can crawl under itThumbnailsI encounter a barbed-wire fence shortly after I start today's hike toward Woods Wash; I find a spot where I can crawl under it

I'm awake for good just after 8h and have my usual camp breakfast of vitamin C drink, cold instant Starbucks coffee, granola, almonds and a bit of dried fruit. A slight breeze drifts through the tent.