I love desert mornings!!! What I have found on my recumbent trike journeys is that I am ready to rest at the end of each day, so after pitching the camp and eating, I basically hit the sack. In the morning, I don't need an alarm clock because in a tent, it becomes clear pretty fast that it's getting light outside, not to mention that since I went to bed not long after the setting of the sun, I've had more than enough sleep by sunrise, or shortly prior. So I am well rested, ready to get up, and just going with the flow! Sometimes in the mornings in the desert, if there was dew, the creosote bushes smell great, and even more so if it rains. steve