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Not only is my tent intact when I return to Pachalka Spring, but it's suddenly a bright and sunny day

04068-pachalka-spring.jpg I follow the road up out of the wash and return to my tent near Pachalka SpringThumbnailsSunset at Pachalka Spring, Mojave National Preserve, with Kingston Range in the backgroundI follow the road up out of the wash and return to my tent near Pachalka SpringThumbnailsSunset at Pachalka Spring, Mojave National Preserve, with Kingston Range in the backgroundI follow the road up out of the wash and return to my tent near Pachalka SpringThumbnailsSunset at Pachalka Spring, Mojave National Preserve, with Kingston Range in the backgroundI follow the road up out of the wash and return to my tent near Pachalka SpringThumbnailsSunset at Pachalka Spring, Mojave National Preserve, with Kingston Range in the backgroundI follow the road up out of the wash and return to my tent near Pachalka SpringThumbnailsSunset at Pachalka Spring, Mojave National Preserve, with Kingston Range in the background

The almost-full moon rises and I take lots of pre-sunset photos in the perfect orange light, trying to catch the moon, which my cheap digital camera often "smartly" deletes.