Since Baja is off the table for now, I decided I needed a Sonoran Desert fix. Logistically, I had only five days. After making a hasty decision where to go, I decided to head to the Kofa Mountains in western Arizona. I haven't been there since 1989. First road I come to I'm met with this sign. Note it's a BLM sign. Crap.
I would have to double check the maps, but I think this road might have gone all the way through the Kofa Mountains Wildlife Refuge onto BLM land on the other side. But, I was burning daylight, and it was getting late. I needed to make a decision. So, I continued south to Kofa Palm Canyon Rd. I make the turn, and the road is lined on both sides with RVs. Lots. Clearly this was a camping area, but I'm not liking what I see. I continue up the road, and finally enter the Wildlife Refuge. Sign says camping permitted. The main road went up to Kofa Palm Canyon. I decide to take the smaller spur to Kofa Queen Canyon. Just as the road entered the Refuge there was a small road that looked more ATV than anything. It's on my map. It's on BLM. So I take it. After a half mile I encounter a FJC with a roof tent. I reset my trip odo and continue. Four tenths later there is a small track to a raised area. I take it, and it's perfect. A flat area of desert pavement.
Normally I look for more remote places, but this almost had the feeling of remote. At least my neighbors were tenths of a mile away, and the ones I could see were few. Normally I would pick up in the morning and move on, but I decided to stay put, for four nights. Three solid days of doing nothing except stress out if my solar panel was not pointed toward the sun. Well, almost nothing. I did take several walks to see what desert wildflowers were in bloom, and knock the cobwebs off my brain cells trying to remember what they were. Of course, I took a few pictures. But, because I didn't change location I didn't take as many.
So, off to a few pictures. Like I said, not as many this time.
