We got up early and prepared to leave...Tom came over with Bonnie and joked about all the noise we made before 7am raising and lowering our jack, lifting the stabilizers, etc. (We all share the same pet peeve about other RV-ers leaving their generators running for hours so that they can watch tv or make popcorn in the microwave or keep the dogs in air-conditioned comfort all afternoon. The constant racket really gets on the nerves). They are staying in Bryce a while longer (until it gets cooler in Arizona, where they spend the winter). We're a little sad to leave them but I'm sure that we'll meet again someday. Plus, Tom is Nils's expert solar consultant, and we're probably going to have some serious upgrading work done at Northern Arizona Wind and Sun in Flagstaff (after we see the Grand Canyon).
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| View from the road to Zion--that lower dark band of "bricks" is NOT man-made! |
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| "AHHHHH!" |
We decided to ride the shuttle bus around to get an overview--there's a pre-recorded tapeplay on the shuttle ride which has a lot of information about the history and geology of Zion, so we learned a lot. We stopped at the Court of the Patriarchs for a short hike and a better view of some of the sights
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| The three Apostles |
It's beautiful here, but SO different from Bryce. At Bryce, you start on top and hike down into the valley. At Zion you start at the bottom and hike up. It's much hotter here----close to 100 degrees was the high today, and it stayed pretty hot til around 2am---we got up several times in the night to cool off (Nils soaked in the river at midnight), to close doors, get a drink of water, pull in the awning (very windy), gradually pull on more blankets....not a very restful night.
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