Housing and Development Newsletter
Arriving at sun-blasted Ray’s Camp by 9:30 a.m., I was surprised that there was merely a trickle barely flowing at the normally copious waterstop (once called “First Water”). From the photo at the site, you can easily imagine how harshly the sun beats down during a long, hot July day.
Beyond the photo of Wild Pete in his blue shirt, a steep slope leads down to the meandering Manzana. Scrambling down with difficulty, I was able to retrieve some water, but I used it only to pour over my head against the inferno building around us. Filter this water if you plan to drink it.