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Beyond Willow Spring, my goal is to hike over the hills and be back at my campsite at the end of Castle Peaks Road before dark

3505-willow-wash.jpg I open the wooden lid on the concrete cistern at Willow Spring, and a bit of water stares back up at meThumbnailsOn the way up out of Willow Wash, I hike through the first of several small water-carved drainages in the rocksI open the wooden lid on the concrete cistern at Willow Spring, and a bit of water stares back up at meThumbnailsOn the way up out of Willow Wash, I hike through the first of several small water-carved drainages in the rocksI open the wooden lid on the concrete cistern at Willow Spring, and a bit of water stares back up at meThumbnailsOn the way up out of Willow Wash, I hike through the first of several small water-carved drainages in the rocksI open the wooden lid on the concrete cistern at Willow Spring, and a bit of water stares back up at meThumbnailsOn the way up out of Willow Wash, I hike through the first of several small water-carved drainages in the rocksI open the wooden lid on the concrete cistern at Willow Spring, and a bit of water stares back up at meThumbnailsOn the way up out of Willow Wash, I hike through the first of several small water-carved drainages in the rocks

I check my GPS and decide to follow a small drainage out of Willow Wash that briefly heads toward the cliffs here before climbing a hill to the left (eastward).