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I decide to return to the Juniper Spring wash I descended for the return trip after considering other routes

7056-juniper-spring.jpg Near Juniper Spring are a few small piles of tailingsThumbnailsA preening bird in a tree above me seems oblivious as I walk up the narrow washNear Juniper Spring are a few small piles of tailingsThumbnailsA preening bird in a tree above me seems oblivious as I walk up the narrow washNear Juniper Spring are a few small piles of tailingsThumbnailsA preening bird in a tree above me seems oblivious as I walk up the narrow washNear Juniper Spring are a few small piles of tailingsThumbnailsA preening bird in a tree above me seems oblivious as I walk up the narrow washNear Juniper Spring are a few small piles of tailingsThumbnailsA preening bird in a tree above me seems oblivious as I walk up the narrow wash

Other routes back to my Malpais Spring campsite will be steeper. I should probably choose a different route back other than the one I already know, but don't.