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I arrive at Bathtub Spring shortly after sunset and finally figure out how to get through the fence that protects the spring

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7772-bathtub-spring.jpg Imagine a train passing through here 100 years ago!ThumbnailsI finish filtering water at Bathtub Spring just as it gets dark; I close the gate and hike the 3.5 miles back to campImagine a train passing through here 100 years ago!ThumbnailsI finish filtering water at Bathtub Spring just as it gets dark; I close the gate and hike the 3.5 miles back to campImagine a train passing through here 100 years ago!ThumbnailsI finish filtering water at Bathtub Spring just as it gets dark; I close the gate and hike the 3.5 miles back to campImagine a train passing through here 100 years ago!ThumbnailsI finish filtering water at Bathtub Spring just as it gets dark; I close the gate and hike the 3.5 miles back to campImagine a train passing through here 100 years ago!ThumbnailsI finish filtering water at Bathtub Spring just as it gets dark; I close the gate and hike the 3.5 miles back to campImagine a train passing through here 100 years ago!ThumbnailsI finish filtering water at Bathtub Spring just as it gets dark; I close the gate and hike the 3.5 miles back to camp

Yes, there's even a bathtub here, a spring true to its name! (Bathtub Spring in the Mid Hills does not have a bathtub.) It's not obvious at first how to open the fence, but I persist, knowing that there must be a way to get to the water that I need.