Off Roading

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We got out on some off-road (OHV) trails in the Jeep and our friends' side-by-sides (ATV/UTV). The Jeep can traverse most trails used by smaller OHV's. We added a whip flag (yellow smiley face) for off-road visibility and amber fog lights that widen our field of view in the dark. Mike likes his hitch-mounted skull brake lights! So fun to get deeper into the desert and around the Kofa mountain range. This is why we have Mazie!

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Photos

Parked near grinding holes
Mazie never let us down when we headed off road.

Wash
Looking down to the wash from the area near the grinding holes.

Cave
Standing outside of a little cave in the hill

Cave
Mike in the cave. It was not very big or deep.

Cozy
Patti & Stacey in the cave

back way to the grinding holes
Mike and Karl sneaking up on the back side of the rock.

Grinding holes
These were used by local peoples at least 500 years ago. There were a total of 5 holes on this rock of varying depth.

Grinding holes
This was an area more than one person could have been grinding at a time. The early people would have dried and ground the berries from the cacti.

View on top
Stacey, Chuck, and Mike catching the view of the area.

Trail
View of the trail from the grinding holes

Mountains
View of the surrounding mountains

Always a Buckeye
I couldn't resist a shadow O-H-IO.

Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
Went a trail ride with Patti & Moira in our Jeep. Our trail leader, Pat, does and amazing job planning rides.

Side by Sides
The other folks on the ride were in side by sides or other off-road vehicles. They were so supportive of a Jeep being on the ride (not all off-road folks want a Jeep along). Mazie handled the trail without any trouble.

Well
There are several wells and watering holes in the refuge. We stopped at 2 during the ride.

Watering hole
We saw a few birds getting a drink, but no other animals.

Chalcedony hunt
One of the highlights of the ride was stopping at this area known to have lots of chalceony stones (desert roses). I think everyone on the ride came home with some rock treasures!

Rock walls
There were parts of the ride that took us close to the mountains. At times the trail was narrow, but Mazie blazed on through.