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I'm enjoying the rocky constrictions in Malpais Spring wash, and I find myself hiking toward another one

6498-malpais-spring.jpg Orange desert mallow flowers bloom out the side of reddish rock in upper Malpais Spring canyonThumbnailsDeposits of sand and silt fill the drainage between the rocksOrange desert mallow flowers bloom out the side of reddish rock in upper Malpais Spring canyonThumbnailsDeposits of sand and silt fill the drainage between the rocksOrange desert mallow flowers bloom out the side of reddish rock in upper Malpais Spring canyonThumbnailsDeposits of sand and silt fill the drainage between the rocksOrange desert mallow flowers bloom out the side of reddish rock in upper Malpais Spring canyonThumbnailsDeposits of sand and silt fill the drainage between the rocksOrange desert mallow flowers bloom out the side of reddish rock in upper Malpais Spring canyonThumbnailsDeposits of sand and silt fill the drainage between the rocks

... just when I thought I may have reached the end.