Pulled in to the Crystal Hill area of the Kofa (King of Arizona) National Wildlife Refuge north of Yuma on Wednesday. Stopped early (as if I am on a schedule, ha ha), because the scenery was great - and I felt like it. Had a little campfire in the evening. It is very dry and the wood burns so easily. Not sure if it has rained here in the last year.
Spent Thursday just soaking up the hot sun, looking for desert bighorns on the mountains (for which the refuge was formed), and hiked up the mountain for some superb views of the surrounding area. Could have stayed for hours with my binoculars - well, actually I did!
Went over and checked out a windmill powered watering trough for the wildlife - which might partially explain why all the birds here are so happy, especially in the morning. Saw a nice little green hummingbird this AM.

Turned on the Calgary news this morning to find that the 'Ralph cheques' had started to arrive!

Cruised through Quartzsite today, but it was a total zoo, with no readily available internet, so kept crusing west into California. It is almost February and I have to get into Mexico again sometime!