I know it has been a long time since I posted anything on the blog. We have had a busy year and have not been home much and haven't been able to keep in touch with friends and family like we should so I thought this would be a way to let everyone what we have been up to.

We decided to take road trip as far south as Sante Fe, NM and as far west as Alameda, CA and left West Kelowna May 24.  After 2 driving days, we arrived in Zion National Park.  We have always wanted to hike this park and we weren't disappointed.  My pictures do not do justice to the beautiful red Navajo sandstone mountains.  We have travelled many times to Arizona and California but Zion is not like anything we have seen before - the mountains, rock formations and colors are so different. We were so lucky to see prickly pears in bloom, something we were never able to see in Arizona.

The national park has a vey efficient shuttle system that will take you from your hotel to the visitors' centre and then from there will drop you off at all the trailheads.  We did 8 hikes the 3 days in unseasonably hot weather with highs of 95 F.  Besides a little sunburn and a few blisters, we felt great and rewarded ourselves every night by going to the sports bar across from our hotel.  They even showed all the hockey games so we didn't miss any of the playoffs.  Many of the patrons were hockey fans, so it was great fun. Then we were off to the south rim of the Grand Canyon.