The first full day hike of this Mojave National Preserve trip has been excellent, thanks in part to the nice temperatures up here at Mid Hills (it's 75 degrees right now and there's a cool breeze).
I make a small pot of instant miso soup with seaweed and eat some plain beef jerky before making my "big meal," which is Natural High Honey Mustard Chicken and Rice. It's good, but not quite as exciting as it might sound. The flavour is a bit light, but the wild rice in the mix is what really makes it worthwhile.
There are not as many flies here tonight as last night, but a few are flitting against my tent. At dusk, a bee and a yellowjacket wasp seem to be seeking me out, but can't get in my tent.
For a few minutes, the yellowjacket sits on the drinking nib of my Camelbak, which is hanging on my bike, and makes love to the water vapour that exudes from it.
I fall asleep easily, tired and happy.
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