last day at Cathedral Gorge

We feel like we have seen this park so we decided to drive a few miles down the road and visit a couple of other parks. The first one we visited had a lake that was so low it was depressing. We kept at it and ended up at Spring Valley State Park outside of Pioche. This park had a lake also but it was nearly full. Turns out the valley has an abundance of springs that drain into the valley and keep the lake full. Since the valley is well watered there is a long history of Agriculture and there are a couple of historic ranch houses that are part of the park. We did a short hike behind one of the ranch houses to visit their spring. That rock is called tuff. It's a type of volcanic ash. It's hard to tell from the pictures but it is pink. We move tomorrow and should be in Arizona.