A Week on Indian Pass Road ( Part 2)....

(  Writing this from Ferguson Lake Road on January 31.  We just moved yesterday and our new boon-docking site has a great signal. )

To finish up the time from January 22nd until the 30th, we had to divide the post into two parts because we have a lot of pictures to share.  
If you like, you can scroll down to part one to read that post first.

Sunday was drizzly and we stayed home and read.

Even with the drizzle the landscape is worth a few pictures.

Monday it rained again, so we drove to the city of El Centero, CA for maps from the district BLM office. BLM offices have very detailed maps of every dispersed camping trail and road. This is the only picture I took that day.

The sun is back and we are taking a drive to the nearby Cibola National Wildlife Refuge.

At the refuge there is a driving loop to view different kinds of wildlife, but you can't get out of the car. While we were parked watching all the waterfoul, all the snow geese got up together...

... they all flew a few yards in one direction...

... all turned around together and flew back...

...and landed in almost the same spot!

Further along we came to a chopped-up cornfield where sandhill cranes come to eat.

All along the loop road there are PVC pipes set into the ground to attract Burrowing Owls. We were lucky enough to see three on our drive.

There is also a hiking trail at the refuge which we walked but we didn't have to many pictures from there.

On the drive home we passed lots of farms, this group of palms was shading a horse corral.

Tuesday evening sunset.

Wednesday, we took a two mile walk around the wash on Indian Pass Road.

We found some interesting rocks.

And interesting plants.

The flowers on the bushes and green leaves of the Ocotillo cactus spouted after two days of rain.

Thursday, we went to Brawley to do laundry. No, I am not so far gone that I have to take a picture of the Laundromat.

I just loved this flowering shrub in their parking lot!

Friday morning we are moving camp, but I will end this weeks adventures with a visual reminder of the joys of camping.