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Heading up the road away from Mississippi Lake (this is actually still part of Willow Ridge Road)

05342-mississippi-lake-road-800px.jpg View of my Mississippi Lake campsite.ThumbnailsStarting up Bear Spring Road.View of my Mississippi Lake campsite.ThumbnailsStarting up Bear Spring Road.View of my Mississippi Lake campsite.ThumbnailsStarting up Bear Spring Road.View of my Mississippi Lake campsite.ThumbnailsStarting up Bear Spring Road.View of my Mississippi Lake campsite.ThumbnailsStarting up Bear Spring Road.

I consider going for a hike up the nearby Bear Mountain Peak Trail, but it has turned into a really hot day and today is my lazy day.

After deciding that the water from Mississippi Lake tastes too dirty to keep drinking, I opt for the two-mile (four-miles round-trip), mostly flat walk to Bear Spring to load up on better water.

I leave the bicycle at home.

I visited Bear Spring at this time last year and remember that its water was pretty good.