We escaped the heat of Phoenix quickly after visiting with the engineer as temperatures were in the 90’s and frankly just seemed even hotter than that. The poor Wonder Beast does not do well in the heat and both Zack Attack and I are in agreement with him. The internet let us know that the weather was now better near the Grand Canyon, so we headed back that direction with the intention of exploring more. We decided to stop for the night in Williams and regroup. We stayed in more of the Kaibab National Forrest at Dogtown Lake. Or rather near Dogtown Lake. We got in late the night before and didn’t make it all the way out to the lake. The next day we stayed at an RV Park in town to get necessities done and also so we could be within walking distance of Williams, another cute little town with bits of the old route 66. We had a beer at Historic Brewing, which is not really historic, but just called that…those sneaky, crafty brewers. We had a lovely dinner at the Red Raven right in town. We talked up some shopkeepers, including the local leather worker, who told us about some spots to get flint as Zack Attack is thinking of taking up flint knapping. I’ve decided that my complimentary, old timey skill, shall be whittling. We shall see if manage to keep all our digits intact. After talking to the leather worker, Jay Redfeather of Open Road Cowboy, we decided to stay in town a bit longer and search for flint and take a train ride amongst other things. We headed back to set up camp near Downtown Lake again. Jay, by the way, is a great guy and helped Zack Attack fix his wallet and just let us chat him up for quite a while. His store is an eclectic mix of his own art and leather goods and you can watch him working right there. Definitely a fun little stop in Williams if you can catch him in his shop.