There are some nice water views from overlooks in the refuge. You can see the backwaters of the Colorado River with the Chocolate Mountains in the background. The backwaters are usually filled with coot (mud hens). The coot are mostly the kind of duck that hang out here -- not good to eat so there isn't much duck hunting in the area. Cibola refuge just to the north of Imperial up by Blythe, Ca is where the waterfowl hang out that come south.
Martinez lake is a backwater of the Colorado. I took a picture of the lake homes along the lake. No matter where you live in the country people love having a lake home. Many of the people that have lake homes here live in San Diego. It is only a 4 hour drive to the "lake". The water temp has dropped down into the the 50's because of the cool nights but it is December. At least here it will not freeze over -- not even form ice around the edges!
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