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There it is, Pachalka Spring, bubbling up from a pipe in the middle of the yerba mansa patch

03843-pachalka-spring.jpg I hear a trickle of water somewhere nearby, so I walk past the yellow mesquite blooms into the patch of yerba mansa flowersThumbnailsA tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka SpringI hear a trickle of water somewhere nearby, so I walk past the yellow mesquite blooms into the patch of yerba mansa flowersThumbnailsA tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka SpringI hear a trickle of water somewhere nearby, so I walk past the yellow mesquite blooms into the patch of yerba mansa flowersThumbnailsA tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka SpringI hear a trickle of water somewhere nearby, so I walk past the yellow mesquite blooms into the patch of yerba mansa flowersThumbnailsA tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka SpringI hear a trickle of water somewhere nearby, so I walk past the yellow mesquite blooms into the patch of yerba mansa flowersThumbnailsA tree that I've never seen before is blooming profusely in the moist area just below Pachalka Spring

I feel reassured knowing I can get water here tomorrow if needed. The cool, clean water drops into a metal tub and the overflow creates a small downward stream under much brush and grass.