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Another memorable day in paradise closes: sunset near Twin Buttes; my first time camping in this area and I love it

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193138-table-mountain.jpg It's always nice to see that my tent is intact when I return from a day hike!ThumbnailsMore false-teeth rocks between Table Mountain and Barnett MineIt's always nice to see that my tent is intact when I return from a day hike!ThumbnailsMore false-teeth rocks between Table Mountain and Barnett MineIt's always nice to see that my tent is intact when I return from a day hike!ThumbnailsMore false-teeth rocks between Table Mountain and Barnett MineIt's always nice to see that my tent is intact when I return from a day hike!ThumbnailsMore false-teeth rocks between Table Mountain and Barnett MineIt's always nice to see that my tent is intact when I return from a day hike!ThumbnailsMore false-teeth rocks between Table Mountain and Barnett MineIt's always nice to see that my tent is intact when I return from a day hike!ThumbnailsMore false-teeth rocks between Table Mountain and Barnett Mine

Wishing for cold and fizzy, I drink a cup of very hot orange vitamin-C drink, happy to be acclimating, no heat exhaustion. Quiet evening, barely a breeze, the moon is almost full: beautiful. Crickets are singing and I hear an owl. But no human noise.

Since I have no cell-phone signal here, I send a couple of satellite InReach messages, eat some almonds, and boil water for a bag of Mountain House Chicken Teriyaki with Rice. The temperature drops down into the 50s F after midnight for better sleeping.

A minor 2.4 earthquake shakes the ground that I'm laying on just before midnight while I'm ready to fall asleep. I'll find out later that there had been a few small tremors out here today that I didn't feel.