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Once past the big thicket, I climb back down into the Malpais Spring wash past a patch of orange desert mallows

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6369-malpais-spring.jpg After a short distance, I climb up out of the canyon to circumvent a thicket of willow, desert willow and catclawThumbnailsA peaceful morning of solitude at the top of Malpais Spring RoadAfter a short distance, I climb up out of the canyon to circumvent a thicket of willow, desert willow and catclawThumbnailsA peaceful morning of solitude at the top of Malpais Spring RoadAfter a short distance, I climb up out of the canyon to circumvent a thicket of willow, desert willow and catclawThumbnailsA peaceful morning of solitude at the top of Malpais Spring RoadAfter a short distance, I climb up out of the canyon to circumvent a thicket of willow, desert willow and catclawThumbnailsA peaceful morning of solitude at the top of Malpais Spring RoadAfter a short distance, I climb up out of the canyon to circumvent a thicket of willow, desert willow and catclawThumbnailsA peaceful morning of solitude at the top of Malpais Spring Road

I check my GPS and see that I haven't reached Malpais Spring yet, so I continue walking up the wash.