There is, what used to be, a big spring here. The natural spring dried up in the 1920s. The city of Big Spring has replaced the original natural spring with a reasonable facsimile and built a park around it. There were numerous informative plaques to read covering the history of the spring near the viewing platform. At least 12,000 years of historical evidence has been discovered. The Spaniards first noted it's existence in the early 1500s. It was being used forever and then we showed up. Are we good or what? There was a disc golf course in the park and I couldn't resist playing a few holes. This is a one night stand. We are in Palo Duro SP tomorrow.
So much destruction in so little time. Water is such a valuable resource. Thanks for the history lesson. Paula
ReplyDeleteWhen I first looked at pic I had to do a double take as I thought you were shooting a pistol. Glad you go in some golf. Have you had kayaks in water yet. Went for a ride with some friends. Thought I had not been on this trail b4 but I had, good think I went as the other girls got lost and when I realized where we were I got us all home in one piece as we did alot of trail blazing.
ReplyDeleteWe don’t have the kayaks, this is a hiking/biking vacation. Getting lost is ok as long as you get found.
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