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10/31
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Orange desert mallow flowers and dark-blue indigo bush near my powerline-road campsite near Kelso Peak

3398-desert-mallow.jpg After the Amtrak train ride to Bakersfield, an Amtrak bus dropped me off at Baker, California late yesterday afternoonThumbnailsI set up my tent, then go for a walk; Mojave asters along the powerline road near Kelso PeakAfter the Amtrak train ride to Bakersfield, an Amtrak bus dropped me off at Baker, California late yesterday afternoonThumbnailsI set up my tent, then go for a walk; Mojave asters along the powerline road near Kelso PeakAfter the Amtrak train ride to Bakersfield, an Amtrak bus dropped me off at Baker, California late yesterday afternoonThumbnailsI set up my tent, then go for a walk; Mojave asters along the powerline road near Kelso PeakAfter the Amtrak train ride to Bakersfield, an Amtrak bus dropped me off at Baker, California late yesterday afternoonThumbnailsI set up my tent, then go for a walk; Mojave asters along the powerline road near Kelso PeakAfter the Amtrak train ride to Bakersfield, an Amtrak bus dropped me off at Baker, California late yesterday afternoonThumbnailsI set up my tent, then go for a walk; Mojave asters along the powerline road near Kelso Peak

I'm seeing more desert mallow flowers in this area than I did last year, and I will see many more in profusion later during this trip.