( Writing this from Mittry Lake, Yuma, AZ on January 20. )
When you are out here camping on the BLM lands, the rule is you can stay 14 consecutive days on one site and then you must move a distance of 25 miles away. Thursday will be the end of our stay at Mittry Lake. With us being new to all the southwest, we can look at our Benchmark maps for each state and get a good idea of where to go but we can't be sure if it will suit our camper. So we are using Mittry Lake as a base. We have taken drives in different directions looking at sites for the future.
On Saturday, we looked around Senator Wash and Ferguson Lake.
Sunday, we drove 25 miles into California to check out several roads off Ogilby Road with BLM camping.
Monday we did laundry, boring.
Today, Tuesday, we took AZ-95 from Yuma, north toward Quartzsite. There are several roads off of 95 that lead into KOFA Wildlife Refuge. This is managed by BLM and you can camp along these roads staying within 100 feet of the road.
We have these three directions we can choose from, the fourth being Mexico which is not an option for us. ( We are happy to park at the border and walk across to Mexico but do not want the hassle of inspections and paying for Mexico car insurance.)
We have some pictures of Indian Pass Road off Ogilby and Palm Canyon Road off AZ-95. It will be very hard to choose which to go to first, we loved them all.
Really stressful life we lead!!!
On Saturday, we looked around Senator Wash and Ferguson Lake.
Sunday, we drove 25 miles into California to check out several roads off Ogilby Road with BLM camping.
Monday we did laundry, boring.
Today, Tuesday, we took AZ-95 from Yuma, north toward Quartzsite. There are several roads off of 95 that lead into KOFA Wildlife Refuge. This is managed by BLM and you can camp along these roads staying within 100 feet of the road.
We have these three directions we can choose from, the fourth being Mexico which is not an option for us. ( We are happy to park at the border and walk across to Mexico but do not want the hassle of inspections and paying for Mexico car insurance.)
We have some pictures of Indian Pass Road off Ogilby and Palm Canyon Road off AZ-95. It will be very hard to choose which to go to first, we loved them all.
Really stressful life we lead!!!
Indian Pass Road....
Entering Indian Pass Road on Sunday, the afternoon sun lights up the clouds to the west.
Interesting landscape.
This is the site we liked the best and the view to the east.
The trail getting into the site was like being on another world, how cool is that?
Back at Mittry Lake , we stop to photograph the trees as the setting sun lights them up.
A beautiful sunset over the canal from a different angle.
Palm Canyon Road....
Teddybear Cholla all over this area, many bearing fruit and Saguaro Cactus, both of which we have been missing since Darby Wells Road.
How about this as a backyard view?
See how tiny the KOFA park sign looks!
This looks like a great spot.
This was the cloud formation in the western sky.
And by the time we drove out to the end of the road, the setting sun was doing wonderful things to the clouds.
 | Tomorrow, Wednesday, we are going to Yuma for an oil change and front end alignment and grocery shopping, so we will decide by Thursday morning where to go; probably as we pull out of our site at Mittry Lake. Love to all and good night! |
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