19 Miles
A & M Reservoir
We got up and out early mainly because we were really really thirsty. The three miles from camp to Benton Springs flew by and reaching a fenced in patch of green with ample water flowing. We took a long break drinking a bunch of water and rehydrating as much as we could. After the spring we continued on and were met by a group of eight or so wild horses which stopped in their track and checked us out. As we walked they followed paralleled to us and then flanked behind us and ran up the ridge for a better view of us. They continued stalking us until stopping and we kept hiking away from them until reaching another water source, a deep cistern with a neat thing next to it:
The cow bones still had the tag near it but luckily the water was in a deep steel cistern so it wasn't contaninated. We continued along dirt road and reached a barrel with a pipe below it. Inside the barrel was a valve to turn and water came flowing out if the pipe!! It was glorious. We made lunch and hung out there for a bit and then continued on. Towards the evening we cruised on a dirt road along a gas pipeline until arriving at a huge lake, A & M Resevoir. It was hot so I took a nice swim to cool off and Spins and I called it a day there. We watched as lightning storms rained and struck in the distance.
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