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As I ride the 3/4 mile out of Mid Hills campground, I stop to see if the water is better here than from the tap by my campsite

4099-mid-hills.jpg I do a test ride to a nearby campsite after fixing the bike's misaligned rear wheel; nice view of Cima Dome from this siteThumbnailsAcross the road from the washrooms, a patch of phacelias bloom amidst a stand of junipers, pinon pines and yuccasI do a test ride to a nearby campsite after fixing the bike's misaligned rear wheel; nice view of Cima Dome from this siteThumbnailsAcross the road from the washrooms, a patch of phacelias bloom amidst a stand of junipers, pinon pines and yuccasI do a test ride to a nearby campsite after fixing the bike's misaligned rear wheel; nice view of Cima Dome from this siteThumbnailsAcross the road from the washrooms, a patch of phacelias bloom amidst a stand of junipers, pinon pines and yuccasI do a test ride to a nearby campsite after fixing the bike's misaligned rear wheel; nice view of Cima Dome from this siteThumbnailsAcross the road from the washrooms, a patch of phacelias bloom amidst a stand of junipers, pinon pines and yuccasI do a test ride to a nearby campsite after fixing the bike's misaligned rear wheel; nice view of Cima Dome from this siteThumbnailsAcross the road from the washrooms, a patch of phacelias bloom amidst a stand of junipers, pinon pines and yuccas

The water from this tap turns out to be pleasantly potable, and not over-chlorinated like the swimming-pool water from the tap by my campsite. I fill my bottles.

This part of the campground burned heavily in the 2005 brush fires, but across the road from this charred landscape (far right), a stand of old junipers lives on.