(In the last episode, we left Ken at the intersection of the 14 and the road to Randsburg, which I now take to get to Trona.) I crossed 100 miles of unpopulated California high desert, interrupted only by large gatherings of RVs and pickup trucks carrying ATVs and dirt bikes, each group sporting its own flags.

(In the last episode, I tried my new little popup tent in my living room and now took it on the road to (I thought) the Trona Pinnacles and the Ibex sand dunes.) So the little tent held up!