Smugglers Cave
Vicinity of Valley of The Moon

Rounding a bend in the trail I come upon Smugglers Cave. The wind and sand have hollowed out a boulder into a bowl, which tip onto its side. It offers a cool sanctuary from a land that can be cold to scorching hot in the summer, in between the winter and summer the wind can be quite brisk, as lower desert heat travels upward pulling the upper desert's cooler air down to it