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My campsite near Button Mountain is a perfectly sized clearing between two joshua trees

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04343-button-mountain.jpg Not wanting to descend any further toward the cinder cones, I make a sharp left on a second road to Button MountainThumbnailsCool winds set in and I put on my sweater and take a lot of photos around sunset with its red-orange glowNot wanting to descend any further toward the cinder cones, I make a sharp left on a second road to Button MountainThumbnailsCool winds set in and I put on my sweater and take a lot of photos around sunset with its red-orange glowNot wanting to descend any further toward the cinder cones, I make a sharp left on a second road to Button MountainThumbnailsCool winds set in and I put on my sweater and take a lot of photos around sunset with its red-orange glowNot wanting to descend any further toward the cinder cones, I make a sharp left on a second road to Button MountainThumbnailsCool winds set in and I put on my sweater and take a lot of photos around sunset with its red-orange glowNot wanting to descend any further toward the cinder cones, I make a sharp left on a second road to Button MountainThumbnailsCool winds set in and I put on my sweater and take a lot of photos around sunset with its red-orange glow

After dismantling the bike on the side of the road, I carry my saddlebags and the bike, separately, 100 feet to my chosen campsite. Footprints leading off the side of the road are enough, I don't need to leave tire tracks as well.