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I arrive at the top of little Tortoise Shell Mountain and notice there's a rarely used register here for me to sign

youtube-FO9cejbfAuk-60a70da7af4c9.jpg I reach the plateau below Tortoise Shell Mountain and spot a deer in the distance on the hillsideThumbnailsSitting up on Tortoise Shell Mountain for half an hour, I enjoy views toward Wild Horse Mesa and the Providence MountainsI reach the plateau below Tortoise Shell Mountain and spot a deer in the distance on the hillsideThumbnailsSitting up on Tortoise Shell Mountain for half an hour, I enjoy views toward Wild Horse Mesa and the Providence MountainsI reach the plateau below Tortoise Shell Mountain and spot a deer in the distance on the hillsideThumbnailsSitting up on Tortoise Shell Mountain for half an hour, I enjoy views toward Wild Horse Mesa and the Providence Mountains

I take a 30-minute break up here to enjoy the landscape. Expecting a cool breeze up on this exposed hill, I find it's actually rather hot up here from all the volcanic rock soaking up the heat.