Oxbow Recreation Area BLM Campground

ON THE WATER AGAIN!

Day 138 – Sunny and clear this morning at 6:45 a.m., 36 degrees. It warms up quickly here. It’s a fat old sun. We waited until it reached 60 degrees at 11 a.m. and headed out to go kayaking. We launched from Palo Verde County Park into the Oxbow Lake which is an off-shoot of the Colorado River, without the wind & tidal pull. It was wonderful. Although the wind was up to above 10 MPH, we had no problems. The long, narrow Lake was protected on both sides by tall reeds & grasses. They drew various ducks and Coots to the Lake & we had a great time kayaking near to them.

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STALKING BIRDS AGAIN!

Day 137 –  38 degrees, beautiful sunny day, 6:45 a.m.  We did some catching up on things, then packed a lunch of egg salad sandwiches & went to the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge. To get our bearings, we drove past the Refuge Headquarters and took the Levee Road all the way to the end at Cibola Lake. All dirt roads along the Colorado River or on dikes with canals on either side for irrigation.  At one point, we stopped to take pictures of White Pelicans grouped together on a little island. There was a man there who was a Birder, too. He was from Montana. He and Rob proceeded to debate whether a specific bird, way far away, was a Yellowleg or a Willet:  Rob looking through his camera lens, the gentleman looking through his binoculars. “Um, but look at the beak. No, he’s not the right color. I wish we could see the legs better.”  And so on.  I took a cute picture of the two of them. Then we left, and had our lunch at the end of the road.

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