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Occasional colour juxtapositions make for a scenic hike down this wash east of the Castle Peaks

6653-castle-peaks.jpg Now that I know there's good water here at Indian Spring, I'll be back tomorrow to fill upThumbnailsOnce past the big thicket, I climb back down into the Malpais Spring wash past a patch of orange desert mallowsNow that I know there's good water here at Indian Spring, I'll be back tomorrow to fill upThumbnailsOnce past the big thicket, I climb back down into the Malpais Spring wash past a patch of orange desert mallowsNow that I know there's good water here at Indian Spring, I'll be back tomorrow to fill upThumbnailsOnce past the big thicket, I climb back down into the Malpais Spring wash past a patch of orange desert mallowsNow that I know there's good water here at Indian Spring, I'll be back tomorrow to fill upThumbnailsOnce past the big thicket, I climb back down into the Malpais Spring wash past a patch of orange desert mallowsNow that I know there's good water here at Indian Spring, I'll be back tomorrow to fill upThumbnailsOnce past the big thicket, I climb back down into the Malpais Spring wash past a patch of orange desert mallows

Purple sage, plus red Indian paintbrush, plus yellow snakeweed (I think), plus light-catching cholla cacti.