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I go for a short walk around my campsite in the Bristol Mountains foothills to enjoy the glowing end-of-day light

6458-bristol-mountains.jpg I choose a spot about 150 feet in from the road; I don't like to be too close to the road in case visitors should pass byThumbnailsThe end of sunset in the Bristol Mountains makes the creosote bushes appear in a darker, lusher green than usualI choose a spot about 150 feet in from the road; I don't like to be too close to the road in case visitors should pass byThumbnailsThe end of sunset in the Bristol Mountains makes the creosote bushes appear in a darker, lusher green than usualI choose a spot about 150 feet in from the road; I don't like to be too close to the road in case visitors should pass byThumbnailsThe end of sunset in the Bristol Mountains makes the creosote bushes appear in a darker, lusher green than usualI choose a spot about 150 feet in from the road; I don't like to be too close to the road in case visitors should pass byThumbnailsThe end of sunset in the Bristol Mountains makes the creosote bushes appear in a darker, lusher green than usualI choose a spot about 150 feet in from the road; I don't like to be too close to the road in case visitors should pass byThumbnailsThe end of sunset in the Bristol Mountains makes the creosote bushes appear in a darker, lusher green than usual

There's nothing like the orange-pink light at the end of a day in the Mojave Desert! Tonight's project is to plan tomorrow's hike. I haven't made it far enough into the Bristol Mountains to do the hike I originally planned for tomorrow.