While we were walking back to our car, we got to talking to another couple who had driven up on a back road from Prescott. We asked them if they knew if there was another road to Williams, other than the one we took to get there. It turns out we took the looong way to the lake, it figures...the short way back to town was on a good gravel road and only took about 10 minutes. As we were driving back to town, we passed a good sized flock of sheep near the road. I think it's the first time I actually saw a sheep dog around them. I know there are sheep dogs among sheep, but, normally I can't spot them, this time it was a collie that ran out from the little trailer nearby, keeping a good eye on them.
There are numerous areas of dispersed camping in and around Williams and Flagstaff in the Kaibab National Forest and we saw plenty of RV's on our way back to town. A good thing to know for future reference....
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
After our hike, Ron was going to head back home, but, I talked him into taking one of the forest roads up to a local lake called Dogtown Lake. The road we picked to drive on was rough to say the least. Since we passed a small lumber mill, it was probably a logging road, but, the drive to the lake was worth it. It was a lot bigger than we imagined it to be and it had a nice walking path around the day use area.
It's amazing to me that people have to deface things that have been there for thousands of years. Apparently, somebody came into the canyon with some white paint and threw it onto the petroglyphs. The forest rangers brought some experts in to wash it off as best they could, but, you can still tell because the petroglyphs are that much harder to see.
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