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15 March 2022

Bye-bye Kofa camp and Hello Ajo

desert Kofa Mts sunrays Queen Canyon oaRd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaOnce Bob arrived to Kofa camp the days flew by with busyness every day.  We explored the desert on the ground and in the air, walking and driving for new perspectives on a familiar landscape.

Bob's van BLM Palm Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaBlogging as Bob’s Eyes, Bob hails from northern California where he has water to actually use that kayak on the roof.  His classic Chevy van conversion has seen a few rebuilds including adding 4×4.  It’s a great ride and makes a cozy home on wheels.  He offered to take the van on back roads I can’t/won’t drive, and I am all in for that.  Ever since I was a kid I’ve always been ready to go bye-bye.

Cholla desert Kofa Mts Queen Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaThankfully, Bob is not an early morning person because neither am I.  I may be out of bed by 7 or 8 am but my preference is not to be mobile until at least 9 or 10am.  Yet there’s no rush on these lazy days in Kofa camp.  We spent some time chatting just to catch up, and we’re both yackers.

desert Kofa Mts Queen Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaWe’re also both photographers, so waited until about 4pm to leave camp and drive the Queen Canyon Road to Skull Rock.  We traveled this road two years ago and I haven’t been back since.

van road desert Kofa Mts Queen Canyon Road Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaJust a little too rough for my rig.

desert Kofa Mts arch Queen Canyon Road Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaWatched for Bighorns along the way but no luck.  Kofa National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1939 to protect the desert bighorn sheep.

balancing rock desert Kofa Mts Queen Canyon Road Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaWe parked near Skull Rock that sits below a huge balancing rock.

desert wash Kofa Mts Queen Canyon Road Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Arizona

Bighorn Sheep scat Queen Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaDesert Bighorn Sheep scat

desert Kofa Mts Queen Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaBob lead the way up a wash to a water tank, Cereus Tank.

USFWS benchmark Cereus Tank Kofa Mts Queen Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Arizona

Cereus Tank Queen Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Arizona

wildlife cam desert Queen Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaI’d say this water collection point started off as a natural tank but has been enhanced by humans.  A US Fish and Wildlife trail cam is pointed towards the water.  Bet that captures a lot of cool shots, and why I want a trail camera.  After 20 years of drought, many natural tanks have gone dry.

Balancing rock desert Queen Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaBalanced rock

Bob Skull Rock Queen Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Arizona

looking out Skull Rock Queen Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaLooking out

Had to check out the popular Skull Rock.

desert Kofa Mts sunset Queen Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaThe return drive at twilight was gorgeous.  Finding the turnoff to camp in the dark proved to be a challenge until I recognized the creosote bushes.  Went inside for a late dinner and listened to the coyotes sing.

Bob flying kite BLM Palm Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaBefore noon the next day a light wind prompted Bob to get his kite out.  He had to make a few adjustments and did finally get it off the ground.  Dare I call the low slow kite a senior dance with rests, much like its owner.

dead tree BLM Palm Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaLater in the day we took a couple hour walk from Kofa camp, mostly just moseying along and of course taking photos.  We lost site of camp briefly, but made it back.

red Barrel cactus BLM Palm Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaBecause Bob pushed encouraged me to take video to post on YouTube I added that to my repertoire using my phone.  What a learning curve.  I made short videos and put them together for a test using the video editor in the Photos app on Windows 10.  I also made a video tour of the truckcamper in one shot.  I like the shorts better because if I don’t like the take, I can easily do it again.  I will have to practice a lot more and post them as I go on my new YouTube channel, Geogypsytraveler.  Hope you’ll check them out, like, share, and PLEASE subscribe.  If I can get to 1000 followers, YouTube will monetize the channel and I would love to augment my income to keep on traveling and sharing.  Thanks in advance.

DCIM\100MEDIA\DJI_0162 drone shot of RVs desert Kofa Mts Palm Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Arizona.JPGBob sent his drone up the next day.  He says it’s all practice.  Isn’t everything?

drone in sky BLM Palm Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Arizona

drone shot Gaelyn at truckcamper door BLM Palm Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Arizona by BobI spent most of the day figuring out how to move videos from phone to laptop by either Bluetooth, very slow, or just tethering which is much better.  Then I put together another video walking around Kofa camp.  Bob is getting used to his phone because at home he doesn’t have enough signal to use it regularly.  So we’re  teaching each other all kinds of things.  See, you can teach old dogs new tricks.

in Bob's van Palm Canyon Rd Kofa Mts National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaIn the afternoon we took a ride in Bob’s van to the end of Palm Canyon Road.  We’ve both been there, but mostly the van batteries needed charging.

Palm Canyon trailhead Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Arizona

desert S of Palm Canyon Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaDidn’t walk up the Palm Canyon trail and instead walked a short ways south in an adjacent dry wash.

Bob Palm Canyon wash Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Arizona

into the sun Palo Verde tree Palm Canyon wash Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaMostly hung out for the evening light and did get back to camp before dark.

rock & cactus Kofa Mts Palm Canyon Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Arizona

bumper collection Bob with kite desert BLM Palm Canyon Rd Kofa National Wildlife Refuge ArizonaI took more photos and more videos so spent the evening putting together another YouTube video saying bye-bye to Kofa camp.

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orchard mts near Yuma Arizona

crops near Yuma ArizonaLots of agriculture surrounding Yuma

Because the next morning we left Kofa camp.  Actually got on the road by 10am and drove south to Yuma to shop.  How I hate towns and traffic.  Always takes me too long in any store.  The energy is so weird I have to work extra hard to stay focused.  Of course it had been two weeks since my last shopping.

I8 underpass SR85 south to Ajo ArizonaFinally got on I8 east to Gila Bend.  Oh yuck, so much truck traffic and everybody going over 80mph, except us.  Paid $5.55/gallon for diesel along the interstate.  Ouch!  I was going to dump and fill in Gila Bend but after getting turned around in town changed my mind and instead just headed south to Ajo and a few miles beyond.  Had enough propane and water for at least a couple more days.

Truckcamper view Black Mt BLM Darby Well Rd Ajo ArizonaMy usual go to places along Darby Well Road were full so continued further on the road and took the first feasible opportunity.  Darby camp was next to an old abandoned corral area with a windmill and water tank. Some interesting artifacts around.  But at 4:30 after a full day, exploration was put off until the next day.

desert truckcamper windmill reverse sunset clouds BLM Darby Well Rd Ajo Arizona

Saguaro desert mts sunset clouds sunrays BLM Darby Well Rd Ajo ArizonaExcept for the exceptional sunset.

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02 February 2022

Rockin’ in the wind, and looking for rocks at Saddle Mt

desert mts clouds Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaAfter rockin’ in the wind a few nights in Congress it felt like time to move further south to Saddle Mountain, where there’s good rockin’ with boondock options and views.

solar controller reads FULWas really nice to have the battery and solar controller issues taken care of and I even mounted the controller on the wall.  Nice easy to read LED screen and when the sun goes down the controller turns off so no blinking lights overnight wasting energy.  With everything charged I was back to keeping the phone and laptop batteries topped up.

boulders valley trees mts moon Copper Basin Rd Prescott National Forest Arizonard Ponderosa Pine tree root Copper Basin Rd Prescott National Forest Arizonaice puddle Copper Basin Rd Prescott National Forest Arizona

Rode to Prescott with Joann one day so she could pick up some ordered plugs for her charging system.  Seemed to be a week of dealing with energy.  We came back over the Bradshaw Mountains on the gravel Copper Basin Road where there are trees, tiny patches of snow—as much as I want to see—and even a little ice on the puddles.

pie-makers old & newStopped at the Skull Valley post office for my mail, thanks for the Christmas cards including a “Secret Santa”.  Also made a quick dash into my 5th-wheel for mom’s pie-maker.  A blast from the past when Joann brought out her pie-maker, a wonderful way to make desert while camping.  My mom would put canned pie filling between two slices of buttered bread, then with a kitchen mitt or glove on, hold the maker over the campfire.  Joann and I did it on the stove instead.  I’ve also made cheese sandwiches and even leftovers though it’s only a little blob of filling.

desert mts rd Octave ArizonaAnother day we took a drive further along the nearby gravel road to the mining town of Stanton and Octave.  There’s a few renovated buildings and lots of RV parking with and without hookups for modern miners.  Plus there’s private land around with mining equipment of various sorts I know little about.  It’s a different kind of rockin’ than I ever got into.

Saguaro cactus boulders mt Stanton Arizona

Saguaro cactus boulders mt Stanton ArizonaMore gorgeous rockin’ hillsides of Saguaro cactus.

desert rd Octave Arizona

decision corner Octave ArizonaAt Octave, we had to make a decision. Or so read the sign.

bumper rocks Stanton Rd Congress ArizonaCongress bumper rocks

For several days and nights the wind blew hard enough to rock the camper.  I spent much time indoors writing, reading, and labeling photos from November 2020.  Yes I am that far behind, and just keep taking more.

Yet with the wind coming from the northeast it seemed a good time to roll to the south with a tail-wind most of the way.  Left Congress about 10:30am headed to Wickenburg with a stop at North Ranch on the way to dump and fill tanks.  After a grocery stop continued south on Vulture Mine Road across some pretty and desolate desert highway.  Did see some side roads that might hold promise for future camps.

desert clouds Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaAs we approached the dispersed camping north of Saddle Mt, parked Joann’s rig on the shoulder and explored in my truck to check out the road conditions.  It’s gravel and at first smooth but as the road rises slowly towards the feet of the mountains becomes rockier, yet still doable.

truckcamper Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah Arizona

desert clouds Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaFound a nice camp far enough from neighbors, big enough for two and settled in with a marvelous view.

Saguaro cactus desert sunset clouds Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaThe wind that pushed us there calmed enough to do a little rockin’ and we were treated to a colorful sunset.

desert mts sunset clouds Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaSaddle Mountain rises up to 3037 feet in elevation, about 1500 feet above the desert floor.  The rugged shapes formed about 24-36 million years ago during massive volcanic activity with basalt lava flows and cinders capped with ash flow and fall. Erosion created cliffs, spires, and buttes tinted by andesite (grayish), rhyolite (pinks), and basalt of dark gray to black.  I’ll bet that caused some “rockin’” time around here.

mt sunrise Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah Arizona

Saguaro cactus desert first light mt Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaThe next day dawned clear with clouds increasing throughout the day.

desert Belmont Mts mammatus clouds Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah Arizona

Saguaro cactus desert mts sunset clouds Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah Arizona

desert mts last light clouds Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaShort walks from camp produced lots of rocks in our pockets.

Along with this period of volcanism, hot water saturated with silica and iron oxide repeatedly filled cracks and bubbles in the surrounding rock.  Once lithified (turned into rock) the resulting quartz specimens produced crystals and chalcedony (sometimes called desert roses) that occasionally show an iridescent rainbow of colors called fire agates.  The adularescence, or Schiller effect, is caused by alternating silica and iron oxide layers diffracting light.

rocks Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaUpper right shows colors

fire agate rock Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaWe sat oohing and aahing over the rocks with a hand lens. I actually got one tiny pinky-fingernail sized piece that shows fire.

desert mts sunset clouds Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaI vaguely remember my first visit to Saddle Mt during the winter of 1996 and think the area hadn’t been picked over so much then and the rockin’ was better as I filled five-gallon buckets.

Gaelyn rd desert mt Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah Arizona

leaves Ocotillo Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah Arizonared Chuparosa flower Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah Arizonared cactus fruit Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah Arizona

                           Ocotillo                                                   Chuparosa                                       Christmas Cholla cactus

The following day held clear blue skies, light southern wind, and 72° that beckoned outdoors.  A walk up the road closer to the mountains revealed several campsites with only a few occupied.  I told myself no rockin’ until the walk back to camp.  Of course impossible.  Yet I was also distracted by the landscape, plants, and view.  The most prevalent plant is the creosote bush sending out roots to clone itself into a big family and lending good locations for the burrows of small mammals.  The three converging washes in the area, known as the Palo Verde foothills, create lush stands of mesquite, ironwood, and Palo Verde trees.

dead & live Saguaro cactus Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah Arizona

dead & live Saguaro cactus desert mts Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah Arizona

down & dead Saguaro cactus Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaThe Saguaro cactus can grow at least 30 feet over time and are seen in various states of life and death.

hawk on Saguaro desert Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah Arizona

hawk in flight Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaThey provide a nice roost for local birds of prey like copper and sharp-shinned hawks, prairie falcons, and golden eagles.  Not sure what we saw as the images are out of focus.

lime-green, ashy-gray, & orange map lichen Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaYet all desert life isn’t tall or obvious.  The lime-green (no bigger around than an egg), ashy-gray, and orange lichen forms a symbiotic relationship with the dark rock varnish formed by manganese oxidation.

camp desert mts Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaCamp left & down from center

jct BLM 8211 & 8212 desert mts Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah Arizona

Gaelyn desert mts Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah AZ by JoannJoann returned to camp before me and I continued sauntering to a four-way then turned around and about half way back saw her driving toward me.  We returned to the four-way and explored the right turn that quickly ended in a place for day-use folks to park while out rockin’.

rd not taken desert mts Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaAnother right turn stopped us quick as the “road not taken” so we turned around.  I am glad Joann likes to explore the backroads.

We took a round about drive to the town of Tonopah (population 59) where google indicated no services except the post office.  We looped the parking lot at El Dorado Hot Springs that didn’t look any more appealing than the lousy TripAdvisor reviews.  There are three fuel station options at the Tonopah freeway exit, one with a Subway where we had a late lunch.  Drove past the chicken farm that draws the abundance of flies when there’s no wind.

the saddle desert mts Salome Rd Tonopah ArizonaAnd saw a different perspective of Saddle Mt with a most obvious “saddle”.

late light mt Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah Arizona

log in fire Saddle Mt BLM Tonopah ArizonaWind slowed enough for a campfire that night.  Later we used our pie-makers, with cherry filling, on my stove top, cleaner than sticking them in the flames.  And we talked about another outing for the next day to look for petroglyphs, kind of another form of rockin’.

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13 November 2017

Burro Creek campground near Nothing Arizona

I’ve driven past and through Burro Creek campground several times but this was my first time camping here.  It’s only a couple of hours from Yarnell and seems to be a good halfway point for travelers between Phoenix and Las Vegas from the number of picnic people I met while out walking.

cell tower US93 Nothing ArizonaEven the “scenic” drive from Congress on US93 is pretty along the Joshua Forest Parkway.  Although it appears a lot of the Joshua Trees are dying.  I had thought about taking a different route from Kirkland through Bagdad and joining US93 just south of Nothing, Arizona where there really is nothing much more than a dilapidated building, parking, and a cell tower.

8% grade sign high bridge US93 road to Burro Creek campground ArizonaOne mile off the highway on doable rough pavement down to the bottom of the canyon through BLM grazing land with a view of the high bridge.

Roadrunner Burro Creek campground US93 ArizonaRoadrunner greeting

Pulled into camp about 1pm and after using the dump station, complete with potable water, circled around a couple times to find what I considered the “best” site, #18 for me.  None right along the creek or even within sight of it which would have been premium.  One big rig looked rather settled in and only two more RVs and one tenter  came in later so we were nicely spread out with maybe 25-30 sites including pull in, back in, and pull through options.  Relatively level gravel, 50-100 feet between sites with desert vegetation, shaded picnic table, fire ring, lots of trash & recycle cans and water spigots nearby.  The bathrooms have cold running water and no showers.  Group camp area & picnic shelters.

stone steps Burro Creek campground US93 ArizonaLots of brush along the water.  At first couldn’t figure out how to get to the water without bushwhacking.  Then noticed stone steps which someone obviously had fun building with nearby river rock.  In fact I discovered a couple of these options and then worked my way to the shore in a couple places.

Burro Creek downstream low bridge clouds campground ArizonaBurro Creek downstream

Fingers of sand reached into the creek, some rather soggy.  Which I shared with lots of track of deer, cattle and maybe burros which are supposed to be in the area.  Plus poop.  Didn’t see any animals and it’s difficult to tell the difference between burro and cow poop.

Burro Creek upstream high bridge campground ArizonaBurro Creek upstream

I looked for a rock called opalite that is said to be found in the area with no luck even though there were lots of beautiful colored rounded river rock.

cliff face fall cottonwood Burro Creek campground ArizonaAlso saw some schools of fishes maybe about six inches long.  No idea what they are.

Burro Creek upstream from low bridge ArizonaBurro Creek upstream

Burro Creek downstream from low bridge ArizonaBurro Creek downstream

No real “trail” along the creek but I did walk out of the campground onto the road and then low bridge over the creek for a different view.  Seemed a lot less water downstream yet could have been flowing underground which is common in this type of rocky desert environment.

saguaro mountains clouds Burro Creek campground Arizona

truck camper saguaro mountains sunset Burro Creek campground ArizonaBack to camp for a beautiful desert sunset, which seem to be happening early these late fall almost winter days.

high bridge US93 from Burro Creek campground ArizonaAlthough I’d heard noise all afternoon from work on the high bridge darkness turned on the quiet with a distant chorus of howling coyotes.  My kind of song.

Italian beef sandwich Dazzos Wikieup ArizonaAbsolutely no signal down in this canyon hole.  However, had 4G at the Nothing tower only a few miles south and in Wikieup maybe eight miles north on US93 where I stopped for a Dazzo’s Chicago style Italian Beef sandwich just as tasty as I grew up eating.

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