A Typical Workday

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A Typical Workday

Hello and Happy New Year Everyone

As we enjoy our days off, we don’t have to return until Sunday.  While sitting around and trying to recoup our strengths, we thought of showing you what a typical refuge road looks like.
As you can imagine, a refuge this large has dozens of roads used for many purposes.  There are roads used for basic / primitive camp sites throughout the refuge as well as many roads used by hunters.  These roads if not maintained, nature will eventually reclaim the space.  One of our many jobs here is to maintain some of these roads and keep them open for safe vehicle passage.  This includes trimming branches.

As can be seen below, some of these have varying degrees of openness or thick growth.  In addition, the views from these roads also vary:




Since we are in Southern Arizona, just about everything here will either prick, stick or sting you.  Every bush, tree or shrub has needles.  It is just a question of how long they are.  Cutting and handling these must be done with care to avoid serious injuries.  You should see our legs and arms after a “fun” day on these roads.

To our surprise, we came across this family cemetery in the middle of nowhere dating back to the early 1800s.  It is evident that family members still maintain this place since it is pristine:



The rest of the pics below show the spot we selected for lunch on this day.  Again some will be on a clockwise rotation around the truck:

To our rear and where we came from




The road ahead


Tall desert grass, indigenous to the area.  It is also the habitat for the Masked Bob White Quail, being released into the wild by the refuge.  The tree in the background is Mesquite.  

A different road on a different day:

A very large Saguaro in the middle of this road



 Our co-workers on this day.  They helped quite a bit




Look what we found on yet another day:

Border Wall


Prickly Pear Cactii



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  1. OIT and MeJanuary 2, 2020 at 9:58 PM

    That's quite some yard work to maintain! Cemetery is creepy.

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