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Home / Mojave bicycle-camping trips / 2007, Christmas: Mojave National Preserve Mountain-Bike Camping / Day 2: Hike beyond Indian Springs toward Cane Spring, returning cross-country via Eyeball Rock in an unnamed wash, 7-8 miles /
Erosion along the walls of Indian Springs wash
This environment may be parched, but it's clear that torrents of water run down this wash from time to time. - This environment may be parched, but it's clear that torrents of water run down this wash from time to time.
Desert soils don't absorb water very well, so you don't want to camp in a wash if there's any risk of rain, due to the potential for flash floods.