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Toads living in the spring water at Arnold Horse Camp.

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02972-toad-spring.jpg To the west, I get a view I haven't seen before, with the New York Mountains peaks at upper-leftThumbnailsToday I'm hiking over to "Black Palisades" (it has no official name): that dark rocky mound in the distanceTo the west, I get a view I haven't seen before, with the New York Mountains peaks at upper-leftThumbnailsToday I'm hiking over to "Black Palisades" (it has no official name): that dark rocky mound in the distanceTo the west, I get a view I haven't seen before, with the New York Mountains peaks at upper-leftThumbnailsToday I'm hiking over to "Black Palisades" (it has no official name): that dark rocky mound in the distanceTo the west, I get a view I haven't seen before, with the New York Mountains peaks at upper-leftThumbnailsToday I'm hiking over to "Black Palisades" (it has no official name): that dark rocky mound in the distanceTo the west, I get a view I haven't seen before, with the New York Mountains peaks at upper-leftThumbnailsToday I'm hiking over to "Black Palisades" (it has no official name): that dark rocky mound in the distance

I quickly check out the spring water that collects in a large tub and see that a family of small toads is living in the water there. I plunge the end of my water purifier in anyway and pull out some clean water to fill my water bottles. Despite the toads and their habits, the water tastes great once filtered, unlike grassy-tasting Mississippi Lake.