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I go for a short walk to check out the area at the top of Malpais Spring Road; this will be home for a night or two

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6260-malpais-spring-road.jpg Malpais Spring Road tops out on a plateau at about 4600 feet elevation, so I park the bicycle and start looking for a campsiteThumbnailsI look westward up the gorge toward Malpais Spring and get excited about tomorrow's hike up into that areaMalpais Spring Road tops out on a plateau at about 4600 feet elevation, so I park the bicycle and start looking for a campsiteThumbnailsI look westward up the gorge toward Malpais Spring and get excited about tomorrow's hike up into that areaMalpais Spring Road tops out on a plateau at about 4600 feet elevation, so I park the bicycle and start looking for a campsiteThumbnailsI look westward up the gorge toward Malpais Spring and get excited about tomorrow's hike up into that areaMalpais Spring Road tops out on a plateau at about 4600 feet elevation, so I park the bicycle and start looking for a campsiteThumbnailsI look westward up the gorge toward Malpais Spring and get excited about tomorrow's hike up into that areaMalpais Spring Road tops out on a plateau at about 4600 feet elevation, so I park the bicycle and start looking for a campsiteThumbnailsI look westward up the gorge toward Malpais Spring and get excited about tomorrow's hike up into that area

I'm hoping to find water in the area tomorrow, even though the nearby gorge looks bone-dry from up here. I drank about 4 litres of water today on my way here.