O.K. it was 104 degrees on Tuesday. I didn't have a chance to blog yesterday. So I'll tell you about yesterday... tonight. We took the shuttle to the Weeping Wall with the hanging garden. It was a short hike, but mostly UP! It was worth it, and we met a delightful Dutch couple. They are from Leiden in the Netherlands. We had a good friend who was an exchange student from Leiden when we lived in Middleville....40 years ago! That didn't have anything to do with the sightseeing, but I thought it was fun to remember Gerda Kromhout from Leiden :)
We continued to ride the shuttle all the way up the Canyon and then all the way down. We got off periodically in order to take some pictures of things I had missed previously. After lunch we took the shuttle downtown Springdale which is just a few blocks south of the Park. Did a little shopping and then went back to the Park Visitors' Center and stopped at the Sol Market for our final fruit smoothie. We have all become great fans of the frozen treat. It is too hot for ice cream and just right for the wonderful smoothies. K usually settled on strawberry banana, J had blueberry banana :( and P and I had mango. They're made with frozen fruit and a little apple juice. They were fantastic. It was sad to think we were consuming our last one! We went back to the campground and hung out in the AC to recoup. A belated birthday supper for P was at the Gourmet Grill located just in front of our campground. We had had lunch there on Monday (or 3 of us had lunch) and it was such a HIT that P decided he wanted to celebrate there! It was South of the Border food and it was delicious!
Tomorrow (Actually today) we're leaving Zion.
O.K. Now it's Wednesday and we left this morning about 10:30. The trip was uneventful except for the stop for lunch at a Flying J where we had 'must go' from our refrigerators. As we were getting ready to pull out, a man drove up on a golf cart and 'observed' that our tires were 'pulling apart' and we should drive up to the adjacent Tire Company and let them look at them. We were suspicious, but that does put some fear into the travel equation. We asked a motorhome driver who was getting ready to pull away from the Tire Co. (after he had had his tires replaced) how he happened to discover his tire problem! Funny thing....the same golf cart jockey had pulled up next to him with the same observation as he had shared with us!!! Red flag, red flag, red flag! We decided to continue on our way. Long story short, we made it to Evanston, Wyoming, just fine. We're praying for the same results the remainder of our trip.
As for the scenery....it was wonderful...and different than we had seen before. We are at about 6700 feet in a very picturesque little campground owned by the same family since the 1930's. Thankfully, they have upgraded nicely along the way. We will take off at a reasonable time tomorrow and not travel so far before stopping. It was quite a long day. We may actually have to have a blanket on the bed tonight! It seems to be about 55-60 out right now. It is a deep freeze compared to the triple digits in the Park. Good nite all.
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