Day 49: Kofa Wildlife Refuge - Arizona

KOFA a view from the hilltop/our rv is in there near the road

Day 49:  November 16, 2013

Because it was so quiet and peaceful here, we decided to stay a second night and just chill.  No driving for David and a desert to explore and Yuma can wait.

  
 
 
 
 
 

Kofa - deadly cholla

We spent our time walking, doing some photos, cleaning up rv a bit, cooking up a pot of beans/grains and chilling.  During our walks I was trying to find a small/infant sized saguaro cactus...wasn't successful.  I read that young cacti usually grow under the protection of a nurse tree and are very hard to find...well there isn't that much growth here so I still don't know why I didn't find any smaller than 3 feet tall.

KOFA

My research tells me that the young saguaro only grow 1 - 1.5 inches per year during their first eight years of life.  Here in KOFA there were many unbranched saguaros...meaning they were less than 50 to 70 years old!!!  Saguaros are considered mature at 125 years old!  It may weight six tons and be 50 feet tall (water storage inside contributes to weight).

KOFA views

By the afternoon we were one of two rv's left in the park and we had one drive in/drive out visitor....nice and peaceful.

Heard some coyotes last night.  The only wildlife we saw during the day were a jackrabbit and some quails.  Big horn sheep live here but we didn't see any.