 And there are no trees. Like little scrub things like yay high, and that's it. And with no trees, there is nothing to stop the wind. Gale force winds, 40, 50 miles an hour, they whip up at the drop of a hat, and they last a week. We find that out the hard way. A couple days into our trip, one of these storms whips up, and we are forced to hide behind this little hill,