Return to Maxwell National Wildlife Preserve Maxwell, NM

Back in October of 2013 when I had a whole three months of full-timing under my belt I visited the Maxwell National Wildlife Preserve in northeast New Mexico.  I reviewed it here:  Maxwell Wildlife Review .  The Lake 13 (that's it's real name) was so low from drought at the time the camping experience then was somewhat diminished so when I heard that the lake had refilled I made plans to return.

Someone got real creative in naming the lake.

When I pulled into the campground with the Tank I could barely believe I was at the same place I'd camped three years ago.

Lake 13 refilled!

For the first of my three nights I had the campground completely to myself.

The Tank all by it's little lonely.

My first campground review didn't include a data sheet on Maxwell so here's one:

Hookups:                                             None                                      

Fire ring:                                              No                              

Water Access:                                     Yes                 

Fresh Water:                                        No                  

Trash Service:                                      Yes                             

Toilets:                                                Yes (vault)                             

Showers:                                             No                              

Dump station:                                      No                              

WiFi:                                                   No                              

Level sites:                                          Yes                             

Laundry:                                              No                              

Store:                                                  No                              

Pool:                                                    No                              

Shade:                                                 No                              

Verizon reception:                                4G, 2 bars                               

Internet reception:                                2 bars              

Cost:                                                  Free for up to 3 days

This time I had a reason to take the kayak off the Tank's roof.

The early morning water was like glass.

 Lake 13's comeback from what was almost a big mud puddle to where it is now is just amazing!  The Maxwell National Wildlife Preserve is one of my all-time favorite boondocking spots.  Only bad thing is you only get to stay three days!

Thanks for reading!