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I'm just close enough to I-40 here on Broadwell Mesa that I have cell-phone reception, so I send off a couple of text messages

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6947-kelso-dunes-wilderness.jpg Centuries of erosion have created this drainage canyon through the south end of Broadwell Mesa in the Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI climb back down the volcanic rock into the wash to resume my return hike down "South Broadwell Wash"Centuries of erosion have created this drainage canyon through the south end of Broadwell Mesa in the Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI climb back down the volcanic rock into the wash to resume my return hike down "South Broadwell Wash"Centuries of erosion have created this drainage canyon through the south end of Broadwell Mesa in the Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI climb back down the volcanic rock into the wash to resume my return hike down "South Broadwell Wash"Centuries of erosion have created this drainage canyon through the south end of Broadwell Mesa in the Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI climb back down the volcanic rock into the wash to resume my return hike down "South Broadwell Wash"Centuries of erosion have created this drainage canyon through the south end of Broadwell Mesa in the Kelso Dunes WildernessThumbnailsI climb back down the volcanic rock into the wash to resume my return hike down "South Broadwell Wash"

There's something disjointed about standing here in a remote place that people rarely ever visit and using a piece of technology to instantly connect me with the outside world.