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Finally getting around to starting this trip blog!....We actually began this trip at the Great Smoky Mtns, then headed west to Arizona, where we spent 3 nights at the Grand Canyon south rim which we hadn’t been to. You could hike around the rim trail and get away from the crowds. The highlight for us was hiking down a trail into the canyon to an area called Cedar Ridge. It was about a 1200 ft. descent and the views were spectacular!
Today is May 16, 2007, we’ve been at Zion National Park in SW Utah for the last 4 nights. We love it here. We have a great campsite in the park right on the river. They have electric hook ups which is rare for a national park. We were able to hike up the Virgin River a few miles where the canyon gets so narrow it’s about 25 feet wide and the walls go straight up for 1500 ft. or so. Today we took the shuttle up to the top of the canyon and rode our bikes down about 8 miles or so. It’s great riding, because they don’t allow cars and the shuttles only come about every
Kaibab trail
goes part of the way into the canyon, this was called ooh-ahh point 10 minutes or so.
Today is May 17th, we got up early this morning and blasted over the Mojave desert and we're now in Bakersfield, CA. We're gonna be in California for a couple of weeks, stopping at Kings Canyon/Sequoia NP, Yosemite NP, Napa valley and the northern California Coastal redwoods area.
We'll send some more stuff in a week or 2. Take Care!!
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Sara and Jeff
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The pictures are beautiful. It's hard to believe you two are really out west right now. I'm so happy for you guys!! Be safe and check in with us soon. Oh how I feel the parenting role reversal...call and check in, don't stay out too late and watch out for strangers!! ha ha! Love you!