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In the area above Pachalka Spring, I find the ruins of an old house

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03808-pachalka-spring-ruins.jpg After passing through an extensive gravelly area in the wash south of Pachalka Spring, the road abruptly rises a short distanceThumbnailsOnly a small piece of the stone walls remains of the house that once stood near Pachalka Spring, Mojave National PreserveAfter passing through an extensive gravelly area in the wash south of Pachalka Spring, the road abruptly rises a short distanceThumbnailsOnly a small piece of the stone walls remains of the house that once stood near Pachalka Spring, Mojave National PreserveAfter passing through an extensive gravelly area in the wash south of Pachalka Spring, the road abruptly rises a short distanceThumbnailsOnly a small piece of the stone walls remains of the house that once stood near Pachalka Spring, Mojave National PreserveAfter passing through an extensive gravelly area in the wash south of Pachalka Spring, the road abruptly rises a short distanceThumbnailsOnly a small piece of the stone walls remains of the house that once stood near Pachalka Spring, Mojave National PreserveAfter passing through an extensive gravelly area in the wash south of Pachalka Spring, the road abruptly rises a short distanceThumbnailsOnly a small piece of the stone walls remains of the house that once stood near Pachalka Spring, Mojave National Preserve

A bush is growing through the concrete floor of what was perhaps once the living room. In the foreground, one sees modern concrete slabs superimposed on an earlier rock foundation.