A simple handwritten note was stuck in front of the fliers for the Bill Williams NWR road tour. Bumpy, we thought; we can handle.  We had the Miata out that road our first trip through here.  Off we go to explore.   Bumpy was a bit of an understatement.  ½ mile in, the road was impassable.  We went to plan “B” and walked the roadway that ran the ridge just above the river flood plain.  Plots of marsh, cottonwood stands and barren rock create a patchwork that is great habitat for lots of critters to live and to hide.  We were a bit disappointed with our wildlife count but got a close up look at an amazing, fragile, and now rare, Colorado River native riparian habitat.