Day Off #2
After being thwarted by sand on two recent expeditions, we chose a route which wouldn't present that obstacle--Tuweep Road, running 61 miles from AZ 389 to the very edge of the Grand Canyon direcctly above Lava Falls on the Colorado River. Having visited Toroweap twice, we took the Mt Trumbull spur to Nampaweap to see the Indian petroglyphs. The locals nicknamed the place Billy Goat Canyon because of the many representations of big horn sheep dotting huge chunks of basalt that have toppled from above. We drove 150 miles, with more than 2/3 of the distance on rough, rocky, rutted roads, in order to hike three miles. The petroglyphs were plentiful and fun to discover. We kept a watchful eye out for the rattlesnakes reported by many visitors. Fred was disappointed we saw no rattlers, just two non-poisonous gopher snakes.
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