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The wind has picked up again, so I place large rocks inside my tent before leaving on today's hike

4982-rocks.jpg Light clouds moved in overnight, attenuating the morning sun and allowing me to sleep in until 9h30, wow!ThumbnailsI've been hearing occasional bluejay chirps all morningLight clouds moved in overnight, attenuating the morning sun and allowing me to sleep in until 9h30, wow!ThumbnailsI've been hearing occasional bluejay chirps all morningLight clouds moved in overnight, attenuating the morning sun and allowing me to sleep in until 9h30, wow!ThumbnailsI've been hearing occasional bluejay chirps all morningLight clouds moved in overnight, attenuating the morning sun and allowing me to sleep in until 9h30, wow!ThumbnailsI've been hearing occasional bluejay chirps all morningLight clouds moved in overnight, attenuating the morning sun and allowing me to sleep in until 9h30, wow!ThumbnailsI've been hearing occasional bluejay chirps all morning

I don't want the tent to blow over while I'm gone for the day (which has happened before)! Tent stakes don't work very well in most desert soil, which tends to be either too hard or too soft.