Dec. 5, 2018
We had a good visit in Quartzsite with our friends Steve & Laura and met some new friends Rich and Dawn. Steve and Laura were on their way to Texas for a volunteer gig at Santa Ana NWR. Rich and Dawn had a few days to kill before their reservation at Lost Dutchman State Park so they decided to join us at Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. There's a number of access points into the refuge, most with boondocking. We were heading for Palm Canyon. There's a grove of California Palms thought to be remnants from the last ice age. There's a trail up the canyon where you can view and photograph the palms but their only in sunlight for a short time at midday, probably why they still exist in the desert environment. We were there late in the afternoon so none of our smart phone photos were any good.
Sunset lighting up the mountains to the east.
Palm Canyon campsite.
Dec, 6, 2018
We knew there was some weather moving in and Tuesday dawned to a cloudy sky. There was some time where we had full sun but Signal Peek was in clouds all day.
About 3:00pm the weather started moving in from the south.
Dec. 7, 2018
The next day there was an unusual sight in the desert, patchy fog with a rainbow. We had about 1 1/2 inches of rain at our campsite and almost 2 inches over the mountains.
By the afternoon the sun was out again with just a few puffy clouds. Rich knew about some interesting trails off Kings Valley road so we moved about 10 miles south.
Kings Valley road campsite.
Rich and Dawn traveling with an ATV. They offered to let us use it to access some of the more remote and scenic locations.
Horse tank, about 2 1/2 miles off Kings Valley road.
Unusual rock formation imbedded in other rocks.
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