Pic: Walker Lake, NV with Mt. Grant hiding in the clouds. Larger image
They looked like good, strong windbreaks.
But around 0500, I was startled awake by reinvigorated wind and rain, this time from the east where my car offered no quarter. I lay drowsing off and on, idly hoping my little REI tent was up to the challenge. The rain settled down a bit, but then I woke half an hour later to howling wind from the west! How does that even work — there’s a huge mountain, to say nothing of the Sierra Nevada, over there. How is that not a better windbreak than a 2003 Subaru? Also, isn’t this a desert? Isn’t it basically summer? wtf.
Eventually, the storm passed and I napped for a few more hours. The tent held up like a champ (thanks REI).
Next stop: Death Valley National Park.
Danger Beyond This Point 
