Today was hiking day up into the San Juan National Forest. I drove about 30 miles up mostly dirt road to Williams Reservoir, and drove on more dirt road over to, Piedra Water Falls. I had to hike about 2 miles, but it was very pleasant. The falls were not very tall, only about 60 feet, but the hike and the area around the falls was very nice. On the drive up there I came upon a group of 4 horses grazing next to the road (this was open range area), and made the mistake of stopping. One of the horses (see below) walked out and stood in front of my car. I eased forward to try and get him to move, but he wouldn't budge. I got out of the car and shooed him away. When I got back in the car, he was in front of the car again. I did this three times, and each time he came back and stood right in front of my car. That was one weird horse, or something about the front of my car that he liked.
I got back about noon, and after lunch, decided to have another fly-fishing-technique-improvement session. This session was really going well until I noticed a thunderstorm moving in, so I decided to make 5 more casts. On my last cast, a gust of wind came up and pushed my fly into a tree. I struggled for a while, but did manage to get it lose. All in all, a very good session. I have now declared myself ready for the streams where the real fish are.
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| Williams Reservoir |
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| Road to the Falls |
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| Piedra Falls |
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| Weird Horse |
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