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With Pachalka Spring's greenery behind me, I walk back to my bike and look for a spot to set up my tent

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03828-pachalka-spring.jpg A tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka SpringThumbnailsA campfire ring by the trees adjacent to Pachalka Spring makes for an enticing place to set up campA tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka SpringThumbnailsA campfire ring by the trees adjacent to Pachalka Spring makes for an enticing place to set up campA tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka SpringThumbnailsA campfire ring by the trees adjacent to Pachalka Spring makes for an enticing place to set up campA tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka SpringThumbnailsA campfire ring by the trees adjacent to Pachalka Spring makes for an enticing place to set up campA tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka SpringThumbnailsA campfire ring by the trees adjacent to Pachalka Spring makes for an enticing place to set up camp

I notice an elderberry tree down in the wash, which I didn't know grows in the Mojave Desert (I have one in my backyard). Then I scare a bunch of quail and two small black-throated black-tailed birds on the way up the hill.

I set up my tent in a decent clearing along Pachalka Spring Road, presuming that there won't be any significant traffic passing by while I camp here for a couple of days.