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A family of deer visit Pacheco Camp to get a drink from the "horse spring."

05868-deer-pacheco-spring-800px.jpg A fallen joshua tree lays in this wash below the Castle PeaksThumbnailsA family of small birds (probably Cactus wrens) flies away as I hike up the grown-in remains of an old desert roadA fallen joshua tree lays in this wash below the Castle PeaksThumbnailsA family of small birds (probably Cactus wrens) flies away as I hike up the grown-in remains of an old desert roadA fallen joshua tree lays in this wash below the Castle PeaksThumbnailsA family of small birds (probably Cactus wrens) flies away as I hike up the grown-in remains of an old desert roadA fallen joshua tree lays in this wash below the Castle PeaksThumbnailsA family of small birds (probably Cactus wrens) flies away as I hike up the grown-in remains of an old desert roadA fallen joshua tree lays in this wash below the Castle PeaksThumbnailsA family of small birds (probably Cactus wrens) flies away as I hike up the grown-in remains of an old desert road

My tent is only a few hundred feet from the "horse spring," so the deer hesitate before approaching the spring. I try to be still so as not to deter them (I'm sure they need the water in this hot weather).

Good thing for them that I'm not a deer hunter.