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6538-ludlow.jpg I'm surprised when I find myself briefly hiking across a flat, prairie-like expanse in the Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI dip down into another drainage wash while walking across the alluvial fan of the Bristol MountainsI'm surprised when I find myself briefly hiking across a flat, prairie-like expanse in the Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI dip down into another drainage wash while walking across the alluvial fan of the Bristol MountainsI'm surprised when I find myself briefly hiking across a flat, prairie-like expanse in the Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI dip down into another drainage wash while walking across the alluvial fan of the Bristol MountainsI'm surprised when I find myself briefly hiking across a flat, prairie-like expanse in the Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI dip down into another drainage wash while walking across the alluvial fan of the Bristol MountainsI'm surprised when I find myself briefly hiking across a flat, prairie-like expanse in the Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI dip down into another drainage wash while walking across the alluvial fan of the Bristol Mountains

The snow-capped mountains in the distant background remind me that this is the beginning of winter in the desert. It was close to freezing last night here in the lower, warmer parts of the desert.