Can you spot the snake? I can guarantee you it IS there somewhere... [View Full Entry]

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Zion National Park KC and I left Kanab behind and went north and then west. We entered the Zion NP about 8 AM and the sun was just starting to light up the unique rock formations and structures. Betty and I did not spend much time in Zion, but we talked of it often. I know the last time here, we did not take the Shuttle into the canyon because little white, ferocious beasts were not allowed. So we camped and moved on to the North Rim. An interesting phenomena took place whenever we drove on US 89, regardless of the [View Full Entry]

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Today we made our way to Zion National Park. We arrived at our hotel in Hurricane before 2pm, so we spent the afternoon and evening at Zion National Park. They have this great service at Zion where there is a free shuttle that takes you into the park and to all the different stops in the park, and it leaves roughly every 7 minutes. One of the stops was called Weeping Rock. This is a place where the water is just seeping out of the rock, and it looks and feels like it's raining when you're under it. This water has [View Full Entry]

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Initially, this long weekend trip to Zion was supposed to be with a group of friends. Since none of them were able to make it, I changed it to a family camping weekend. My mom, sister, and her boyfriend all came along. For my mom, this would be her first camping experience. It will be quite interesting to see how well she deals with it. I picked up our rental car for the weekend; a Chevy HHD, on Friday after work. After packing up all our camping supplies, food, and personal belongings, there was barely enough room for the 4 of [View Full Entry]

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ZION- National Park Leider haben wir verschwitzt uns eine Reservierung hier zu machen und da es das Labor-Day Wochenende ist müssen wir mit einem Unterklasse-Motel zum stolzen Preis von 100 Dollar Vorlieb nehmen. Der ganze Park inklusive Shuttle-Bussen dorthin und darin (mit dem Privat-Auto darf man nur noch eine bestimmte Durchfahrtstraße nehmen ansonsten ist der Park für den Allgemeinverkehr gesperrrt) platzt dann auch aus allen Nähten vor lauter amerikanischer Familien mit plärrenden Kleinkindern, Touristen und Outdoor-Freaks. Wir entscheiden uns für eine Hiking-Strecke, die im Füh [View Full Entry]

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I am falling behind on my blogs! I take so many pictures during the day that it takes quite a while to go through them all to decide what to upload. So rather than make it "perfect" I will put in an update now with more to follow later on. I spent the last day in the Sedona area on a hike but started the day at Airport Mesa at a view point. There is a picture here from that viewpoint - I climbed all the way up on this rock but was not quite brave enough to go all the [View Full Entry]

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La 12 août. Nous partons tôt du De Motte Campground dans la forêt de Kaibab. Je conduis pendant une heure et demi pendant que les autres ronflent. ...ou essaient dans les cahots de la route. A la sortie de la forêt, avant la descente, Nathalie me rejoint et nous profitons du panorama sur la vallée 2000 ft plus bas. 89A vers Fredonia, puis passage en Utah et nouveau changement d'heure. On est complètement paumé avec les heures, on en change une à deux fois par jour ces temps-ci. 9a n'a pas tellement d'importance, on a pas de rendez-vous ! Arrêt à [View Full Entry]

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Le 12 août - visite de Zion National park - j'ai mis des détails en légende des photos. En gros, la partie que nous avons visitée est un canyon avec des parois gigantesques et une végétation très abondante dans le fond et grimpant un peu sur les cotés jusqu' à des falaises vertigtineuses. Les plus grandes falaises de grès du monde, parait-il. Beaucoup d'eau courante, allié à un temps nuageux nous font du bien après les grosses chaleurs. Nous feignassons un peu sur les chemins. Là où le canyon se retrecit très étroitement en amont, il est possible de continuer à [View Full Entry]

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August 1st Williams, AZ to Kanab,UT This was a driving day. We took our time getting up, mozying around, readying the RV and taking off for Utah. Our goal tomorrow is to hike Zion National Park. We decided to treat ourselves and stay in a hotel for the night. Not sure how much of a treat it was- it was a Roadway Inn. The girl said she'd give us a good deal. It was the room with the big TV but the TV wasn't working so we'd have to use the little TV! So that's what we did, but it was [View Full Entry]

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As we descended from the Grand Canyon rim in the early evening we could gradually feel the heat rising incrementally. It soon felt as though we were descending into an inferno. We stopped at a little spot on the road called Cameron. It is on the Navajo Reservation. It was too hot to contemplate sleeping outdoors so Beth and I opted for a night of AC and an actual bed. The next morning we headed off toward Page and toward Zion National Park. The desert formations and colors are amazing. The heat was steadily climbing as we descended down even further [View Full Entry]

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