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Im not sure yet where I'll set up my tent; I park my bike and walk down the short road toward the green trees at Pachalka Spring

03819-pachalka-spring.jpg Pachalka Spring Road just west of the ruins doesn't look like it gets much trafficThumbnailsA campfire ring by the trees adjacent to Pachalka Spring makes for an enticing place to set up campPachalka Spring Road just west of the ruins doesn't look like it gets much trafficThumbnailsA campfire ring by the trees adjacent to Pachalka Spring makes for an enticing place to set up campPachalka Spring Road just west of the ruins doesn't look like it gets much trafficThumbnailsA campfire ring by the trees adjacent to Pachalka Spring makes for an enticing place to set up campPachalka Spring Road just west of the ruins doesn't look like it gets much trafficThumbnailsA campfire ring by the trees adjacent to Pachalka Spring makes for an enticing place to set up campPachalka Spring Road just west of the ruins doesn't look like it gets much trafficThumbnailsA campfire ring by the trees adjacent to Pachalka Spring makes for an enticing place to set up camp

I probably don't want to camp out too close to Pachalka Spring itself. I don't want to disturb the animals that visit the spring, and I don't want to be disturbed by them either.