Forest Service folks know there's such a thing as The South Kaibab and the North Kaibab. Actually, they are in two distinct worlds apart separated by the great chasm of the Grand Canyon. The bureaucracy lumped them together under a one size fits all umbrella called The Kaibab National Forest (KNF). For the next two days, we get to enjoy s little, tiny slice of The South Kaibab between Williams and the Prescott National Forest boundary north of Perkinsville.
We've been having fun refreshing ourselves about "all things Kaibab." Here's a couple of great public domain photos we found courtesy of the KNF. (Captions in quotes are below each photo and link to photo files is at end of post.
"1910—Bill Williams lookout number one. The first lookout on Bill Williams Mountain was constructed by Rangers Benham and Sevier in 1910. Hans Boethe is shown on top." Editor's Comment: This had to be totally OSHA approved, right?
"1937—Turntable, Warm Springs Canyon. The turntable allowed cars to be turned around at the end of the narrow road." Editor's Comment: Road too narrow to turn around? NO problem! Just install a handy, dandy, turner, arounder and you will be totally Okay! Wonder how much the turner thingie cost Uncle Sam back in the day? Heck, a crew could have simply picked the truck up and turned it around by hand. Rube Goldberg would be VERY proud of this contraption.
Here's the link to the Kaibab Flickr photo file:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swregion/sets/72157626349052764/with/5559102680/
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