Short days

The days are still too short to do much hiking after work. I had to get out in the desert, anyway. I went out to a part of Bulldog Canyon OHV area that I've never been to before. I stopped when I got to a place it the road that it looked like I would be able to drive down, but not back up. I didn't want to get stuck out there.

There were a couple of nearby hills I could climb. I picked this one because from where I was, the other one looked unclimbable.

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When I got to the top, though, I could see that the other one could be easily climbed.

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I decided to take a different route on the way down, but came to a dead end.

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It was a short hike, though, so it wasn't any trouble to wander around until I found my way back.

Here's a funny picture. I carefully composed it to show the mountain in the background. Oops, what mountain?

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I wrote my description of the trip on the @trip server to tell a story with a moral for desert hikers, so don't skip this one.

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