Cruising with the Land Yacht: Williams - Walnut Canyon and Flagstaff

On Saturday, September 12th we watched the Cowboy Gun Fight at the Train Station in Williams. They have the gun fight every morning before the train leaves and have a cute skit. We then went over to Walnut Canyon National Monument. Walnut Canyon has 130 rooms of ancient ruins, which is a large community. There was one family per room and the average family was 3 or 4 people. The canyon is unique in that it has an island in the center where many of the rooms are located. They could use the south facing side for the winter and the north facing side for the summer and only have to move around to the other side. It is a nice park with paved trails that take you to see many of the ruins. There were a LOT of ravens. They seemed to be gathering on a rock for some reason.

On Sunday, September 13th we drove the Jeep over to Flagstaff. We took at 9.7 mile bike ride along what used to be Route 66. Flagstaff has a lot of nice bike trails. This was the first time I have ever had to brake quickly to avoid hitting a prairie dog. They were along quite a bit of the trail. The cars and trains did not seem to bother them but they ran from us, so I had a hard time getting a picture. We had a nice lunch at a Vegan Restaurant and then walked around town. Wayne counted 15 trains that went through town while we were there and he is not sure he counted them all. They have a LOT of trains in this part of the country.