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After a short distance, I climb up out of the canyon to circumvent a thicket of willow, desert willow and catclaw

6368-malpais-spring.jpg Here's an old pipe, presumably leading to the source of Malpais SpringThumbnailsOnce past the big thicket, I climb back down into the Malpais Spring wash past a patch of orange desert mallowsHere's an old pipe, presumably leading to the source of Malpais SpringThumbnailsOnce past the big thicket, I climb back down into the Malpais Spring wash past a patch of orange desert mallowsHere's an old pipe, presumably leading to the source of Malpais SpringThumbnailsOnce past the big thicket, I climb back down into the Malpais Spring wash past a patch of orange desert mallowsHere's an old pipe, presumably leading to the source of Malpais SpringThumbnailsOnce past the big thicket, I climb back down into the Malpais Spring wash past a patch of orange desert mallowsHere's an old pipe, presumably leading to the source of Malpais SpringThumbnailsOnce past the big thicket, I climb back down into the Malpais Spring wash past a patch of orange desert mallows

I hope Malpais Spring isn't in the middle of all that greenery, which would require bushwhacking to penetrate.