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The stream is too shallow to pump water from it, so I dig a small depression to accept the intake hose of my water filter

00006-trough-800px.jpg Butcher Knife Canyon hike as viewed in Google EarthThumbnailsThe joshua tree forest gets denser as one gets closer to Cottonwood Canyon at the bottom of the mountainsButcher Knife Canyon hike as viewed in Google EarthThumbnailsThe joshua tree forest gets denser as one gets closer to Cottonwood Canyon at the bottom of the mountainsButcher Knife Canyon hike as viewed in Google EarthThumbnailsThe joshua tree forest gets denser as one gets closer to Cottonwood Canyon at the bottom of the mountainsButcher Knife Canyon hike as viewed in Google EarthThumbnailsThe joshua tree forest gets denser as one gets closer to Cottonwood Canyon at the bottom of the mountainsButcher Knife Canyon hike as viewed in Google EarthThumbnailsThe joshua tree forest gets denser as one gets closer to Cottonwood Canyon at the bottom of the mountains

Inevitably, this stirs up a lot of silt, so I'll have to wait a few minutes before I can begin to pump water.