From the bluffs in the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge we can trace the blue green ribbon that is the Colorado River as it curves its way through the mountains.  The greens of desert oasis plants blanket the floodplain and splash up the washes that dot the rock strewn mountains that contain this section of river.  It was windy again today so the birding wasn’t very successful but the stroll was nice.  It looks like it might be a good kayaking place too so we’ll have to return again, maybe a little earlier in the season when wintering waterfowl are still here and the weather is a bit calmer.

Painted Desert trail is a nice small scale badlands walk with lots of rock color and the amazingly weird looking hoodoos.