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We pass by the Palm Log corral again. It's near the main dirt road & our turnoff
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the Palm Log corral
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Someone is filling that water tuck from the huge water tank behind it.
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The water tank gets filled (over time) by a small pipe that runs 6 miles downhill from the spring.
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Hey, more rope! I can use this with the flint & steel!
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The water truck will be gone next time we go by, but we never see anybody around.
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We take some side roads on the way back to camp
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pink sky sunset! 5:48pm
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Next day: Dec 28, 10am. It's finally stopped raining, so we set up the kitchen roof.
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It's been windy too, so we move the roof so it can be tied to the shelved. They are set in concrete!
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Sun & clouds alternate
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12/28/04 noon. Raining heavily
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but it's still a nice day!
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3:45, the rain has stopped for now
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Still kinda windy though
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The wind becomes so annoying we hide behind the 4Runner & pile stuff under it. My chair keep blowing over anyway.
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A rainy day camping still beats a normal day working!
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It's not all that cold, except in the wind. Now I'm not in the wind anymore.
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6:11pm Sun is gone.
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Brian is good at the dragon breath thing
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It was SO Windy that brian's head got stuck sideways
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Dec 29th 8am. It rained all night and the wind Howled through this canyon, but now it's a great time for Rainbows!
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Hurray!
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Look closer, that's a double rainbow
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While Brain gets out his pro camera gear Dave & Louise take about 30 pictures...
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I ram back down the road trying to get far enough away to get the whole rainbow into the photo
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but the rainbow was too big
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so here it is, in multiple shots
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(8:45am) And then it just dumped rain and we hid. Good time for a Louis L'Amour book
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12:20pm, and it's all cleared up! :-) Lets go out adventuring!
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This is an old unused house about half way from the Palm log corral to Palomar camp & spring. It's just after the Palm Forest
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The wind blew many things into the road, including this Cholla cactus. Louise uses her telescoping rake to clear the road
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1:50pm. We stop for lunch in this canyon of petroglyphs. nice sand here.
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We eat first, then we will hike a little ways
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Coyotes dig water holes
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Petroglyphs!
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