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the usual creatures.<\/p>\n Cheat drying on the upper fields,<\/p>\n a raven on the edge of an ephemeral lake,<\/p>\n lizards<\/p>\n and unforeseen afternoon rains.<\/p>\n Friday the 14th in June was time for another trip up to replenish, veering<\/p>\n to Gerlach for mail on the way, then 447 north, 8:34 a.m.<\/p>\n Over the Buffs, across Duck Flat,<\/p>\n Cedar Pass and into Alturas where certain items were sadly lacking [who knew that NATO<\/a> gas cans are now illegal*, rendering replacement gaskets unavailable?] but I did collect $23.25 for redundant battery cables. Gas in Cedarville at noon, Surprise Valley’s first haying and recrossing<\/p>\n Duck Flat, Nevada,\u00a0 where “Jesus!” looked like the #1 spot to pull in for lunch.<\/p>\n Which it was, followed by roads to explore leading to some maybe mining sites whose strange yellow tailings perhaps contributed to an extreme allergy attack later that night unless weed<\/p>\n whacking around the repo on Thursday was responsible. Maybe both.<\/p>\n The road taken, not bad, sometimes rutty but not rocky, wandered slightly up and<\/p>\n across the valley to the accompaniment of Tinariwen,<\/a> reaching 34 maybe an hour after<\/p>\n departing the pavement and so back to Wall Spring right around two,<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n