From "Crater Island Road" one can see the site I use for car-camping. It's at the large horizontal light-colored timber in the left third of the picture. I took this picture from my car as I approached in the evening. Later I walked out onto the open playa and found that the mud was dry and firm enough for a handcart hike. The hike began the next morning. The next evening I camped on the mud about six miles off to the left.