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Traveler Spain 2023 - Almeria/Cazorla
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- Apr 28, 2023, 2:42pm
- ☁️ 86 °F
- Altitude: 970 m
- Spain Andalusia Orcera La Hueta 38.338634, -2.60992638°20’19” N 2°36’36” W
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Day 50
Puente Honda to La Hueta
April 28, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
The peak of Peñalta towered over our walk today, small and distant when we started out, and imposing and majestic as we climbed higher. The GR 247 was again in good condition: wide, well-maintained (thank-goodness, after yesterday), and clearly signposted with x’s on the wrong forks at every junction.

We then used a local trail down to the village of La Hueta where we met María José bringing us the keys to our house and also three days’ worth of groceries from Siles. Our climb would have been much harder had we been carrying all that extra weight plus the 20 liters of water she brought! (She says the water here is not good to drink )

3 pm news flash: It just rained! Only a few widely spaced drops, and less than five minutes, but still quite an event, given that this is our first rain in 50 days here. The Sierra de Segura is the rainiest part of the park, and it sure needs more than a five minute sprinkle to replenish its more than 3000 springs.

Video note: 829 feet, not meters

Today’s Wikiloc track:
https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/puente-ho…Read more
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4/28/23Reply
Traveler Rain ❤️❤️❤️ . Did you do a ‘rain dance?’ 🌧️ I guess a sprinkle is better than nothing.. ☔️ Sounds like such an adventure though. Supplies being brought in helps a lot. Enjoy your upcoming Basecamp..
4/28/23Reply
Traveler I’ve been taking screenshots of all your beautiful flowers. Thanks for sharing these 🤩
4/30/23Reply
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Traveler Spain 2023 - Almeria/Cazorla
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- Apr 29, 2023, 5:44pm
- ☁️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 970 m
- Spain Andalusia Orcera La Hueta 38.338612, -2.60997138°20’19” N 2°36’36” W
Day 51
It’s raining!
April 29, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
First actual rain in five months! There’s thunder too. You can actually see the drops on the balcony tiles.

5 minutes later: it is really pouring now - just bucketing down. I hope it keeps up!

Oh my. This is very loud. The lightning is quite close.

45 minutes later: Well, that’s sad. It’s all over. They need hours and days of rain, not just a 45-minute soaking.Read more
Traveler We had rain overnight in Albolodúy, and we have just had a few drops in Nacimiento.
4/29/23Reply
Laurie Reynolds I am in Kansas right now and they have similar drought problems. My brother-in-law has about 400 acres of wheat, which he takes care of by himself at age 86. He was ecstatic that yesterday they had about .3 inches of rain. That is not anywhere near enough but I guess you have to take what you get. Oh, and did I mention that he also single-handedly manages a herd of about 40 steer? So glad you’ve got the rain, Elaine!
4/29/23Reply
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Traveler Spain 2023 - Almeria/Cazorla
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- Apr 30, 2023, 1:24pm
- ☁️ 73 °F
- Altitude: 970 m
- Spain Andalusia Orcera La Hueta 38.338631, -2.60991838°20’19” N 2°36’36” W
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Day 52
La Hueta: Cascades
April 30, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
La Hueta is in a bowl with mountains forming the rim. The Río Morles makes some huge jumps coming into the aldea, resulting in a series of cascades. We walked out to see the most accessible one yesterday (I was smart enough this time to follow my new rule: don’t go up something you can’t come down!), and Ned went even higher today, getting a fine sense of how the village fits into its surroundings. It must have been very self-sufficient in its day - we saw an era for threshing and a bakehouse, in addition to the many huertas.

The house we are staying in has many reminders of what it must have been like to live here in the past. Both the living room and kitchen tables have heaters under them (one original and one updated; see photos) and long heavy coverings that reach to the floor. They remind us of the Mustang tables in Nepal. You pull the drapery over your lap and your legs and feet get to stay warm while your upper half sips hot tea.

Today’s Wikiloc track:
https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/la-hueta-…Read more
Traveler Added at 8 pm: It’s raining again. Not very hard, but at least it is coming down. Just like last night, it doesn’t look like it will last long. Lots of thunder too.
4/30/23Reply
Traveler Those cascades are beautiful!
4/30/23Reply
Traveler You two really get ‘out there ‘ ! Beautiful cascades. Tempting to soak feet in ? Mmmmm. & some overnight rain sounds perfect. So dry there that it shouldn’t really worry you tomorrow, but so needed.
4/30/23Reply
Traveler I love the natural colors and path that the mineral deposits have made over time, creating such a beautiful path.
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Traveler Spain 2023 - Almeria/Cazorla
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- Apr 29, 2023, 1:57pm
- ☁️ 73 °F
- Altitude: 970 m
- Spain Andalusia Orcera La Hueta 38.338577, -2.60994838°20’19” N 2°36’36” W
Day 51
La Hueta: Acequias
April 29, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
We’ve long been interested in the water-channeling system of acequias introduced by the Muslims during their rule here in Andalucía. In the Sierra Nevada in 2018, we were able to walk along high mountain acequias de careo that channel winter snow-melt to areas of underground infiltration where the water can emerge from springs lower down during the summer. Here today, in La Hueta, for the first time we were able to watch a farmer opening and closing his irrigation channels off the main acequia de riego. This system allows him to water his potatoes and tomatoes in spite of five months of no rain. I wish we had asked him if we could video the process, but we were so busy asking him questions that it never occurred to us until too late.

La Hueta is located about three kilometers farther up the Río Morles than Puente Honda. It is criss-crossed with old acequias dug out of the ground and the modern replacement - big black hoses. All of them feed the huertas (vegetable gardens) that I assume gave the village its name (minus the “r”).

As if that wasn’t enough good luck in meeting people for the day, on our way back from one of our walks we met the one person who still lives in La Hueta year-round. We had been told that she was a spry 86 year-old, and sure enough, we met her marching down the steep track to Puente Honda on a four kilometer walk with her liter bottles in a shopping bag to get the good water from the fountain there and to see friends who only come out to the village on weekends!

Today’s Wikiloc tracks:
https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/la-hueta-…
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Laurie Reynolds So glad you are in acequia-land, Elaine. I remember when I stayed in the private CR in Grimaldo, on the Vdlp., and the owner (César) took me around while he unlocked his acequias to let the water flow for the permitted time. There was a rusty plate that blocked the flow, and the key unlocked it so he could raise it. There was apparently one set of keys that regularly make the circuit, so each owner takes them on to the next owner at the prescribed time after locking up their acequia. Is there a similar system in the area you’re walking in now? I’m guessing not, since your picture showed rocks and dirt. But I wonder if there is a similar sharing schedule among the neighbors.
4/29/23Reply
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