21 miles, long but mostly easy

We kept a good pace right from the start on gravel and sandy dirt roads. We expected an easy 15-mile day and to be done early, but when we came to the first spring I thought the water looked less than desirable. So we continued a couple of more miles to a spring that was supposed to be piped, but it was dry. Our next option was to walk a couple of more miles to another spring – an unknown – or walk two miles off-route in the other direction to the Colorado river. We chose the river. It was some painful and serious bushwhacking for Dave to get to the water, but it was a nice camp spot and we slept like logs.

TRAIL NOTES: The spring at 19.1 should not be counted on as it was just a pot hole. The spring 2.5 miles lower was dry. The spring at Lockhart drainage ended up having plenty of water when we walked by the next day, it was a trickle down the creek bed where the road crossed, though if it is drier you may have to walk off the road to the source.