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Kofa National Wildlife Refuge - January 2020


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#1 ski3pin

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Posted 31 January 2020 - 05:33 PM

After leaving the Mojave National Preserve on our long winter adventure, we spent four nights in Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. We had an exceptionally good time. The story and photos are now posted to our blog here -

 

Kofa National Wildlife Refuge - January - 2020

 

 

Please enjoy coming along vicariously through our story. :)


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Posted 31 January 2020 - 11:12 PM

Thanks Ski.

We always enjoy meeting and talking to visitors from other areas or countrys.

Sharing stories with people you meet on a travel is so mush fun.

Great pictures.

Frank


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Posted 01 February 2020 - 06:16 AM

I have been visiting the KOFA NWR for many years and though the proliferation of snowbirds in their side by sides has changed the remote feeling of this wonderful place fortunately most of these people rarely get out of their  vehicles.If you are willing to hike in you will most likely have the place all to yourself.And as the day goes on the dust machines leave for their Rvs parked in Yuma and Quartzite and you will  have a quiet camp and maybe even see Bighorn Sheep on the mountain side if you are lucky.


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Posted 01 February 2020 - 03:39 PM

Thanks for the report!  I've enjoyed my trips to KofA and you've given me a couple new places to check out.


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Posted 02 February 2020 - 06:12 AM

Really nice terrain with surprising amounts of seasonal water.  Petros seem abundant too!

Nice macro photos, Ski.


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Posted 03 February 2020 - 04:28 PM

Great report and wonderful photos.  

 

I used to go out there regularly back in the mid to late '90's in my Toyota with popup camper to photograph bighorn sheep in the summer at Little White Tank. I never saw border patrol, good samaritans or anyone else.  Of course I was the only one dumb enough to go out there in July and August.  It is a beautiful place, though.  Thanks for posting.

 

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Posted 04 February 2020 - 04:24 PM

Thanks Ski.

We always enjoy meeting and talking to visitors from other areas or countrys.

Sharing stories with people you meet on a travel is so mush fun.

Great pictures.

Frank

Thanks Frank, we appreciate your comment! Our new young rock art friend is sure a bundle of energy.


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Posted 04 February 2020 - 04:32 PM

I have been visiting the KOFA NWR for many years and though the proliferation of snowbirds in their side by sides has changed the remote feeling of this wonderful place fortunately most of these people rarely get out of their  vehicles.If you are willing to hike in you will most likely have the place all to yourself.And as the day goes on the dust machines leave for their Rvs parked in Yuma and Quartzite and you will  have a quiet camp and maybe even see Bighorn Sheep on the mountain side if you are lucky.

LAWNMOWERMAN, thanks for the comment. Quartzsite was not too bad, as I mentioned in our story and we only encountered one dust machine out on a road, although there were two camp bubbas near the entrance. Yes, the addiction to those machines appears to quickly attack the ability to use muscle. We have only touched the surface of the vast Kofa area.


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Posted 04 February 2020 - 04:33 PM

Thanks for the report!  I've enjoyed my trips to KofA and you've given me a couple new places to check out.

Glad to do so, thanks Cayuse! :)


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Posted 04 February 2020 - 04:35 PM

Really nice terrain with surprising amounts of seasonal water.  Petros seem abundant too!
Nice macro photos, Ski.

 

 

Yes, it was incredible to be out there. The anticipation about what may be around the next corner was intoxicating. Thanks for the kind comment! :) :)


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