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I continue walking up the wash toward Silver Lead Spring and Wild Horse Canyon Road

02328-silver-lead-wash.jpg Here's an old concrete cistern near Silver Lead SpringThumbnailsI pass a meticulously contructed bird's nest in the wash on the way up to Silver Lead SpringHere's an old concrete cistern near Silver Lead SpringThumbnailsI pass a meticulously contructed bird's nest in the wash on the way up to Silver Lead SpringHere's an old concrete cistern near Silver Lead SpringThumbnailsI pass a meticulously contructed bird's nest in the wash on the way up to Silver Lead SpringHere's an old concrete cistern near Silver Lead SpringThumbnailsI pass a meticulously contructed bird's nest in the wash on the way up to Silver Lead SpringHere's an old concrete cistern near Silver Lead SpringThumbnailsI pass a meticulously contructed bird's nest in the wash on the way up to Silver Lead Spring

I need to calm down, but don't. The uphill here is steeper than it looks, rising about 1000 feet over two miles. Since it doesn't look steep, I unconsciously attack the hill as if it were flat, drinking lots of water, required by the 80s temperature.