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After coffee and the usual breakfast of granola, nuts and dried fruit, it's time to dig a cat hole

6338-cathole.jpg A peaceful morning of solitude at the top of Malpais Spring RoadThumbnailsBefore starting the hike to nearby Malpais Spring, I lock my bike to a joshua tree, for what it's worthA peaceful morning of solitude at the top of Malpais Spring RoadThumbnailsBefore starting the hike to nearby Malpais Spring, I lock my bike to a joshua tree, for what it's worthA peaceful morning of solitude at the top of Malpais Spring RoadThumbnailsBefore starting the hike to nearby Malpais Spring, I lock my bike to a joshua tree, for what it's worthA peaceful morning of solitude at the top of Malpais Spring RoadThumbnailsBefore starting the hike to nearby Malpais Spring, I lock my bike to a joshua tree, for what it's worthA peaceful morning of solitude at the top of Malpais Spring RoadThumbnailsBefore starting the hike to nearby Malpais Spring, I lock my bike to a joshua tree, for what it's worth

It's tough to dig a hole in the clay-like earth, but the gravelly patches here and there are not as difficult to excavate.