We have reclaimed our base camp in Mojave at Primo burgers. I am now awaiting my pastrami chili cheese fries to give me fuel to get up the upcoming ascent which includes a few thousand feet in a few miles with 7 days of food and 6 liters of water for this 25 mile dry stretch. The Mojave has seen a great temperature swing of roughly 30 degrees today and things are back to normal. When we came in a few days ago it was 60 ° with 60+ mph winds and now it is 90° with hardly any wind. That explains why we are eating the nectar of the God's, pastrami chili cheese fries, and waiting until at least 4pm to head out. I can't say that I am going to miss this place which is rapidly turning into a ghost town as more businesses are closed than open, but I am not 100% ready to go climbing. We have to leave though or I will gain close to 100 lbs a week and I am sure I will become infected with the Mojave daze (the 10 seconds that it appears to take locals to process your questions due massive brain inflamation from heat and high wind exposure) so right after these 5000 calories are ingested we are getting back on the road.