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While setting up camp, a pickup truck drives by, not seeing me, and drives up the hill a bit (see the headlights at bottom-left)

7301-slaugherhouse-spring.jpg Almost a mile up Slaughterhouse Spring Road, I start looking for a campsite more seriouslyThumbnailsI didn't travel as far as hoped today, but I'm very happy camping here by Slaughterhouse Spring, now planning tomorrow's hikeAlmost a mile up Slaughterhouse Spring Road, I start looking for a campsite more seriouslyThumbnailsI didn't travel as far as hoped today, but I'm very happy camping here by Slaughterhouse Spring, now planning tomorrow's hikeAlmost a mile up Slaughterhouse Spring Road, I start looking for a campsite more seriouslyThumbnailsI didn't travel as far as hoped today, but I'm very happy camping here by Slaughterhouse Spring, now planning tomorrow's hikeAlmost a mile up Slaughterhouse Spring Road, I start looking for a campsite more seriouslyThumbnailsI didn't travel as far as hoped today, but I'm very happy camping here by Slaughterhouse Spring, now planning tomorrow's hikeAlmost a mile up Slaughterhouse Spring Road, I start looking for a campsite more seriouslyThumbnailsI didn't travel as far as hoped today, but I'm very happy camping here by Slaughterhouse Spring, now planning tomorrow's hikeAlmost a mile up Slaughterhouse Spring Road, I start looking for a campsite more seriouslyThumbnailsI didn't travel as far as hoped today, but I'm very happy camping here by Slaughterhouse Spring, now planning tomorrow's hike

I'll find out later that this truck belongs to someone I should know! We've read each other's web sites. Small world! They're really quiet up there and have a campfire later. It turns out that they didn't see the light inside my tent after dark.