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After dark, the wind picks up a little; it's a beautiful warm evening and the stars are bright

01739-flame.jpg Heat does kill the appetite, but a good meal after exertion in the heat is still satisfying, if taken slowlyThumbnailsRoute of short Cornfield Spring Road day hike and ride down to Kelso Depot (Day 2)Heat does kill the appetite, but a good meal after exertion in the heat is still satisfying, if taken slowlyThumbnailsRoute of short Cornfield Spring Road day hike and ride down to Kelso Depot (Day 2)Heat does kill the appetite, but a good meal after exertion in the heat is still satisfying, if taken slowlyThumbnailsRoute of short Cornfield Spring Road day hike and ride down to Kelso Depot (Day 2)Heat does kill the appetite, but a good meal after exertion in the heat is still satisfying, if taken slowlyThumbnailsRoute of short Cornfield Spring Road day hike and ride down to Kelso Depot (Day 2)Heat does kill the appetite, but a good meal after exertion in the heat is still satisfying, if taken slowlyThumbnailsRoute of short Cornfield Spring Road day hike and ride down to Kelso Depot (Day 2)

The temperature has dropped to 87 degrees and I almost feel energized. I'm rather invisible over here in the dark, but I can hear the occasional rumble of a car a mile or two away on Kelbaker Road driving over the cattle guard.