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| Hiking | 6.70 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 6.70 Miles | 3 Hrs 30 Mns | | 2.23 mph |
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| no partners | | Well after spending a few days visiting with Wendi's brother and his wife in Vegas(not a city I would naturally gravitate to) we were ready to hit this long awaited hike. We got there early and we were the only car in the parking lot. We thought we might have the hot springs to ourselves but we did not take in to account the 10 people who came by water and camped in. People included, this hike was worth the effort. And enjoyed our conversations.
I got a little turned around in the last 100' feet, or perhaps just fixated at checking out the camping conditions down by river, luckily Wendi was able to redirect me back up the canyon where we found the ladder that accesses the springs. We didn't go all the way back in and just settled ourselves with the first pool. Wendi noted some white staining on the walls and was worried that it was bird poop, but we were relieved to realize that it was candle wax from various votives tucked away into the many nooks of the canyon wall.
On the way out we spent some time on top of the canyon walls watching the activities of the campers, kayakers, their dogs, and even the occasional flocks of water foul which flew through, wing tips grazing the water's surface. Pretty sweet hike, I am gonna insist that any further trips to Vegas must include winding down here. |
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| The Tree of Understanding, dazzling, straight, and simple, sprouts by the spring called Now I Get It. - Wislawa Szymborska, "Utopia" |
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