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I get out my water filter and pump a few litres of water from Keystone Spring

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5269-keystone-spring.jpg Juniper berries on the hike back to my tent near Mail Spring from Keystone CanyonThumbnailsI encounter a dense thicket of willows, or Desert willows (chilopsis), so I climb up the hill a bit to detour around itJuniper berries on the hike back to my tent near Mail Spring from Keystone CanyonThumbnailsI encounter a dense thicket of willows, or Desert willows (chilopsis), so I climb up the hill a bit to detour around itJuniper berries on the hike back to my tent near Mail Spring from Keystone CanyonThumbnailsI encounter a dense thicket of willows, or Desert willows (chilopsis), so I climb up the hill a bit to detour around itJuniper berries on the hike back to my tent near Mail Spring from Keystone CanyonThumbnailsI encounter a dense thicket of willows, or Desert willows (chilopsis), so I climb up the hill a bit to detour around itJuniper berries on the hike back to my tent near Mail Spring from Keystone CanyonThumbnailsI encounter a dense thicket of willows, or Desert willows (chilopsis), so I climb up the hill a bit to detour around itJuniper berries on the hike back to my tent near Mail Spring from Keystone CanyonThumbnailsI encounter a dense thicket of willows, or Desert willows (chilopsis), so I climb up the hill a bit to detour around it

There's no shade here at the spring itself, so pumping water in 90 degrees and full sun feels like more work than the hike to get up the hill! Still, it's a quiet desert-wilderness moment, ultimately enjoyable.