Location, location

Morning shade or afternoon shade? Maximum shade or maximum solar exposure? Best view or best sun/shade ratio? How level do you want to be? And what about privacy?

There are decisions to be made when choosing a campsite. Fortunately, the rock formations at Alabama Hills offer many options.

I moved a short distance to gain some privacy, to have the side door facing north, to get a nice breeze flowing through the van without it becoming a wind tunnel, and to add some distance between the van and the afternoon-heat-radiating rocks. And to feel like I’d gone someplace new.