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I start by walking up the road toward Howe Spring, spring #1 of 5 on today's hike

4996-howe-spring.jpg I'm getting close to the mouth of Butcher Knife Canyon nowThumbnailsThe wind has picked up again, so I place large rocks inside my tent before leaving on today's hikeI'm getting close to the mouth of Butcher Knife Canyon nowThumbnailsThe wind has picked up again, so I place large rocks inside my tent before leaving on today's hikeI'm getting close to the mouth of Butcher Knife Canyon nowThumbnailsThe wind has picked up again, so I place large rocks inside my tent before leaving on today's hikeI'm getting close to the mouth of Butcher Knife Canyon nowThumbnailsThe wind has picked up again, so I place large rocks inside my tent before leaving on today's hikeI'm getting close to the mouth of Butcher Knife Canyon nowThumbnailsThe wind has picked up again, so I place large rocks inside my tent before leaving on today's hike

A few old junipers survived the 2005 brush fires here, even though much of the vegetation burned.