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Hmmm.... The city lights of Barstow are not so far away as I start my way up the road into the Newberry Mountains foothills

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8310-newberry-mtns.jpg I look for the dirt road to follow after pavement ends at the foot of the Newberry Mountains, a short distance from the freewayThumbnailsIn darkness, I head up the dirt road about a mile, set up camp, then an unexpected rain and wind storm descends upon meI look for the dirt road to follow after pavement ends at the foot of the Newberry Mountains, a short distance from the freewayThumbnailsIn darkness, I head up the dirt road about a mile, set up camp, then an unexpected rain and wind storm descends upon meI look for the dirt road to follow after pavement ends at the foot of the Newberry Mountains, a short distance from the freewayThumbnailsIn darkness, I head up the dirt road about a mile, set up camp, then an unexpected rain and wind storm descends upon meI look for the dirt road to follow after pavement ends at the foot of the Newberry Mountains, a short distance from the freewayThumbnailsIn darkness, I head up the dirt road about a mile, set up camp, then an unexpected rain and wind storm descends upon meI look for the dirt road to follow after pavement ends at the foot of the Newberry Mountains, a short distance from the freewayThumbnailsIn darkness, I head up the dirt road about a mile, set up camp, then an unexpected rain and wind storm descends upon me

It didn't occur to me that I'd be so close to Barstow and "city life" tonight. The clear skies send no harbinger of the stormy weather system that will be here within a couple hours.