Even though we had to travel through California to get here, Oxbow Lake is still in AZ. It is south of I-10 about 20 miles and north of Yuma about 60 miles in the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge surrounding an ox bow of the Colorado River. This is a place where the river backs up into a lowland area creating a lake of sorts while the main channel continues on. Thousands of birds migrate here for the winter. According to their literature over 288 species of birds have been recorded here along with mule deer, coyote and bobcats and many other animals. Not that we are birds hunters but it was neat seeing all the ducks and geese in one pond as well as sandhill cranes nearby and later we saw white pelicans and wild burros.
We are dry camping on the lake. We took a ride around a protected portion of the refuge where a majority of the birds are located then we followed the river a short distance to the Hart Mine Road and headed into the desert where we had lunch then explored the washes and canyons of the area.
Sauturday we got the kayak out and paddled up the lake for a bit until we felt like we were getting sunburned. Today we got in the kayak with fishing gear. I paddled while John fished. He had no hope of catching any fish as everyone we talked with said they had not had any luck. But it was peaceful and pleasant to be surrounded by grebes chirping and chortling as we paddled past them.
Believe it or not - we can get the big game on our little antenna! Its Super Bowl Time!
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