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A glance to the west shows how the slope up the back of Pinto Mountain ends abruptly at the steep escarpment

4244-pinto-mountain.jpg A lizard on a rock near my tent says "Good morning!" as I step outside my tent after a relaxed breakfastThumbnailsA few patches of verbena are still flowering in the semi-shady drainage as I rise up the back of Pinto MountainA lizard on a rock near my tent says "Good morning!" as I step outside my tent after a relaxed breakfastThumbnailsA few patches of verbena are still flowering in the semi-shady drainage as I rise up the back of Pinto MountainA lizard on a rock near my tent says "Good morning!" as I step outside my tent after a relaxed breakfastThumbnailsA few patches of verbena are still flowering in the semi-shady drainage as I rise up the back of Pinto MountainA lizard on a rock near my tent says "Good morning!" as I step outside my tent after a relaxed breakfastThumbnailsA few patches of verbena are still flowering in the semi-shady drainage as I rise up the back of Pinto MountainA lizard on a rock near my tent says "Good morning!" as I step outside my tent after a relaxed breakfastThumbnailsA few patches of verbena are still flowering in the semi-shady drainage as I rise up the back of Pinto Mountain

I'll walk over there shortly; I'm walking in the opposite direction right now.