Near the Kofa Cabin is the New Water Well, one of many wells in the Refuge that predate wilderness designation (some even predate Wildlife Refuge designation).

Driving on Wilbanks Road back to Kofa Cabin & New Water Well.

The watering trough ramada appears to be an oasis in the desert, surrounded and shaded by trees.

The windmill pumping the well is framed by weather worn tree limbs.

Not all water sources in Kofa are developed. Alamo Spring on Wilbanks road just seeps out from under rocks into the wash that is the road!

Just past the Kofa Monument, back in the road/wash the surprising discovery of water!

It must be a continuous supply of water for the algae to be so thick!

From the campsite we’re at now we can drive to new areas in the Kofa Wildlife Refuge. We loaded the Jeepster up with supplies necessary if we get stuck out there, food, water, warmer clothes, etc. and headed out to explore. We found our way to the Kofa Cabin (which we visited Dec. 15, 2013) then continued south on Wilbanks Road towards the Kofa Monument. Driving quite a way in a gravelly wash, probably the best way to get through the Kofa Mountains, we nearly missed the sharp turnoff uphill to the monument.

The rock monument is on a hill surrounded by mountains.

The Mavrik photo!

The inscription plaque.

We moved to a new area we haven’t visited before that gives us access to the northeast corner of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. The New Water Mountains are the dominant range here and mostly encompassed in a wilderness area.

The New Water Mountains.

The obligatory saguaro picture!

We moved closer to town to re-supply, get fresh water and dump our ‘used’ water. The rack for the back of the Jeepster was modified for just this purpose, so we can dump into the “Blue Boy” and avoid driving the camper all the way to the dump station. We also brought along containers for fresh water, and the laundry to do in town. It was such a pleasant day we rolled the windows and the back up for the safari effect!

Going to town Safari Style!