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I arrive in the sandy wash and prepare to climb the hill on my left, on my way toward one of the McCullough Mountains peaks

1767-mccullough-mountains.jpg A small pool of water remains from last year's wet season.ThumbnailsNear my tent, this shiny black bug is having fun climbing a bushA small pool of water remains from last year's wet season.ThumbnailsNear my tent, this shiny black bug is having fun climbing a bushA small pool of water remains from last year's wet season.ThumbnailsNear my tent, this shiny black bug is having fun climbing a bushA small pool of water remains from last year's wet season.ThumbnailsNear my tent, this shiny black bug is having fun climbing a bushA small pool of water remains from last year's wet season.ThumbnailsNear my tent, this shiny black bug is having fun climbing a bush

I've just lost 275 feet elevation in the half-mile downhill walk to here from that hill above Pine Spring behind me.