This image is of a small creek in Utah on the White Rim Trail. This particular spot was deepened into a large watering hole thanks to 4 x 4's, but was still welcomed by the cyclists as a place to cool off and enjoy a dip.
Listening to carpenters who roof on hot days, I've heard that it is really helpful to soak your clothes so that the drying cools you on a hot day. In this case, the stream is terribly muddy so that a person might be compelled to swim sans clothes just to keep the clothes clean. That, too, has its drawbacks.
Shortly after this couple had had their swim, they saw an old man in only his underwear in the bush right beside the puddle.
You may think you are in the middle of nowhere, but nowhere is nowhere nowadays.
Luckily, this 'dessert rat', as the old cowboy movies dubbed them, was no threat.
Hopefully, there will be lots of watering holes for me on my trip across Canada on the Trans Canada Trail, albeit the BC ones will be icy cold.
Keep cool.
Karen
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