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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 15: Pachalka Spring to Button Mountain, Mojave National Preserve via Aiken Mine Road /
The sun goes down, the moon rises, and everything is perfect tonight near Button Mountain, Mojave National Preserve
There's not a soul around but me. On this last of 15 nights of camping in Mojave National Preserve, I'll dine on my last two small pouches of add-boiling-water-to-bag Mountain House Beef Stew, my favourite of the instant meals.
I haven't seen a car since leaving Valley Wells earlier this afternoon. Loud winds occasionally pass overhead, but only touch down once in a while. It's probably quite windy over at Pachalka Spring tonight.
Several times during the evening, I step outside to walk around a little and enjoy the shadows cast by the bright moonlight. I read more of Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire before going to sleep.