This morning we were awakened by a nearby lightning strike. It rained until 8:30. We drove to Zion national park. On the way we dropped off Melody at "doggie dude ranch". We arrived at the park around 9:30. The rains cleared up and it was a beautiful day. You cannot drive in Zion canyon. However, there are free shuttle buses that make 7 stops up and down the canyon at various trailheads. Prior to the buses there were upwards of 5000 cars/RV's per day on the canyon road competing for only 400 parking spaces. The buses work great and are definetly the way to go. We climbed up the angel's landing trail. I went about 1/2 up while Deb and Kayla found a spot in the shade prior to the switchbacks. The picture is from a bridge on the trail looking down the canyon. After a long day of sightseeing we picked up an exhausted and played-out puppy dog from the ranch and drove back to Cedar City. Tomorrow I will pick up where I left off in Minersville. BTW... I really enjoy the comments. I'm not able to get online much and there is very limited cell phone coverage out here so I feel somewhat isolated.
You should be seeing lizards or snakes out there in the desert or maybe a roadrunner. Lynn has a roadrunner that comes on her back patio and eats out of her hand. I had a quick glance at a little lizard at Joshua Tree National Park, and tought at first it was a snake by my foot. I screamed and not only did the lizard scurry away but so didn't the few people that were there. Most of the time, we didn't see anyone but when I do something stupid like that, of corse, there were people.
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