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My GPS leads me around a bend toward Coyote Spring; I'm at the lowest elevation of today's trip, 4430 feet

02237-to-coyote-spring.jpg Oh good, a level spot, but perhaps followed by a steep drop...ThumbnailsSmall blue flowers peer out from between some rocks on the ridge between Coyote Spring and Chicken Water SpringOh good, a level spot, but perhaps followed by a steep drop...ThumbnailsSmall blue flowers peer out from between some rocks on the ridge between Coyote Spring and Chicken Water SpringOh good, a level spot, but perhaps followed by a steep drop...ThumbnailsSmall blue flowers peer out from between some rocks on the ridge between Coyote Spring and Chicken Water SpringOh good, a level spot, but perhaps followed by a steep drop...ThumbnailsSmall blue flowers peer out from between some rocks on the ridge between Coyote Spring and Chicken Water SpringOh good, a level spot, but perhaps followed by a steep drop...ThumbnailsSmall blue flowers peer out from between some rocks on the ridge between Coyote Spring and Chicken Water Spring

A giant rhus trilobata (that big green bush) welcomes me into the wash that presumably leads up to Coyote Spring. A mourning dove runs away, trying desparately to fly, but apparently injured and flightless.