Well, I left my laptop at work, and it has most of my photo's on it. Soooooo, you get to see the end of the Utah portion of the trip now (i.e., Part 5) and Parts 2 (Family Gathering), Part 3 (Navajo Lake), Part 4 (Bryce Canyon), and Part 6 (Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood) later on. I just got the pictures from the Zions portion back from the photo-shop today. I forgot the camera charger and the camera ran out of juice just before we got to Zion's; so I had to buy a disposal camera to capture pictures from Zions.
We spent two days and one night at Zions National Park. We stayed in one of the Lodge's Cabins and did meals in the Lodge restaurant. Leora drug me around all but one of the trails. The only one we didn't do was the "Angel's Landing", we just didn't have time to fit that one in. We hiked to the Grotto, the Emerald Ponds, and the Narrows; then rode the shuttle to all of the other locations (i.e., Prophets Seat (??), the Big Bend, Museum, and Visitors Center). We got to see several varieties of critters up close; deer so close you could touch them, chip monks and ground squirrels that were begging for food, blue jays and wild turkeys that simply ignored your presence, and a whole bunch of lizards. We attended a lecture by a Park Ranger titled "Our Furry Friends" and learned that the furriest beast in the park is the ranger. We attended a 25 minute film at the museum that explained how the park was formed. Unfortunately this was right after all of our hiking and I snored through the back half of the film; what can I say, it was cool, the seat was soft, and I was tired.
We met people from all over the world. A group of Auzzies trying to hike up to the Emerald Ponds. A group of Harley Davidson riding Frenchmen& Frenchwomen that we had met earlier at the Cameron Trading Post. We ran into folks from China and Japan; met some castilian speaking folks from Spain. There was a guy from eastern Europe and several Russians. All of them were truly impressed with the "West"; we heard descriptions like "magnificent" and "glorious".
I got to sit out on the cabin porch and impress all passers-by with my fantastic guitar playing. Well, at least no one ran away screaming.
And our bed was actually much, much, much better than the bed at Navajo Lake (part 3).
All in all, we had a grand time communing with nature. But its all good when your with your Lady.
We spent two days and one night at Zions National Park. We stayed in one of the Lodge's Cabins and did meals in the Lodge restaurant. Leora drug me around all but one of the trails. The only one we didn't do was the "Angel's Landing", we just didn't have time to fit that one in. We hiked to the Grotto, the Emerald Ponds, and the Narrows; then rode the shuttle to all of the other locations (i.e., Prophets Seat (??), the Big Bend, Museum, and Visitors Center). We got to see several varieties of critters up close; deer so close you could touch them, chip monks and ground squirrels that were begging for food, blue jays and wild turkeys that simply ignored your presence, and a whole bunch of lizards. We attended a lecture by a Park Ranger titled "Our Furry Friends" and learned that the furriest beast in the park is the ranger. We attended a 25 minute film at the museum that explained how the park was formed. Unfortunately this was right after all of our hiking and I snored through the back half of the film; what can I say, it was cool, the seat was soft, and I was tired.
We met people from all over the world. A group of Auzzies trying to hike up to the Emerald Ponds. A group of Harley Davidson riding Frenchmen& Frenchwomen that we had met earlier at the Cameron Trading Post. We ran into folks from China and Japan; met some castilian speaking folks from Spain. There was a guy from eastern Europe and several Russians. All of them were truly impressed with the "West"; we heard descriptions like "magnificent" and "glorious".
I got to sit out on the cabin porch and impress all passers-by with my fantastic guitar playing. Well, at least no one ran away screaming.
And our bed was actually much, much, much better than the bed at Navajo Lake (part 3).
All in all, we had a grand time communing with nature. But its all good when your with your Lady.
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Looks like you guys had a great time, can't wait to see parts 2-4.
incredible pictures. mine don't usually turn out that good. hope you had fun.
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