Day 3 Kofa Wildlife Refuge Quartzsite, Arizona

There is a part of Kofa that Tim and I did not get to see when we spent time camping here.  This was the intended plan for today’s Jeep ride.  We knew it was going to be a long day and Tim wondered aloud if this might be an over ambitious plan but we were all in and excited!

We rode through the desert and up into the mountains through Red Rock Pass. 

Lunch spot.

The road was dusty, rough, and rugged and the going was slow…less than 10 miles per hour in most places.  Our whole trip was 141 miles and it took us 10 ½ hours!!  We did get to see beautiful views all day long.  We honestly didn’t take too many pictures…we were enjoying the ride!!!

The best part of the day was sunset.  We were riding in a wash at the very bottom of a canyon.  The setting sun cast shadows and glorious colors on the surrounding mountains.

We saw a big buck, lots of hummingbirds and lizards, a few hawks, a couple of mice and a ground squirrel.

It was a long ride but we all agreed that it was worth it.  We passed only a van with a couple of tents the whole day on the back road.  We felt grateful that we got to see this incredible place.  We ate dinner at 8:30 and we were all tucked into bed soon thereafter.