Traveled to Jacob Lake today to access the North rim of the Grand Canyon. Decided to turn west before reaching Page Arizona kind of figuring I may hit that after doing the ‘grand circle’. There’s no good way to do it without some backtracking.
Drove the Vermillion Cliffs Highway which was amazing. Started out windy this morning and only got worse. Trailer pulled fine but I was still very glad to finally reach the campground. The camp is in surrounded by National Forest and very wooded. Apparently they had 6”’ of snow last week. We got a few snow flurries dropping on us. Enough to get everything wet a few times.
Stopped by the forest service office and got a great map of the back roads and tips for hikes. Took a drive with Sunny and saw some awesome wilderness. One VERY steep downhill, one lane, serious dropoff, curvy road which took us into a canyon was particularly interesting to drive. Discovered the historic Big Springs Fire Lookout Tower. I climbed all 122 steps and got some very panoramic pictures. There were several mule deer by the lookout tower. In total on the drive we saw 10 mule deer, two wild turkeys and 3 fox squirrels. Saw the old Jacob Lake Ranger Station and tiny puddle that is Jacob Lake. The rangers told me when getting the map that the definition of lake is a little different in the area.
Headed to the only place around, the Jacob Lake Inn and Café for dinner. They have students who live in cabins behind the place work there for the summer. The season had just started so things were still a little rough. Service was friendly but slow. The food was good.
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