Scenic Routes

We've taken a lot of scenic routes on this trip, but a lot of them have been in the dark. This time, we were fortunate enough to travel before sunset, so we could see the awesome views. We drove from Chief Sleep Easy in Somewhere, AZ to Zion Canyon, where we were able to take the shuttle around the park and go on a few short walks, as the temperature was over 95 degrees.

We left fairly early from Zion to make it close to the North Rim for today. The camp that we stayed at last night was truly in the desert -- water shortage = expensive showers and no flush toilets. We are all looking forward very much to our showers tonight. In fact, the girls are in the pool right now, which is how we bribed them to get up this morning. As it was, we didn't get to the North Rim until almost 11, which meant it was a little more crowded than at the South Rim. The views were spectacular, though, so it made up for the people.

The views on the ride from the North Rim to Bryce were pretty awesome as well. We tried to stay awake the best we could and kept cool by getting ice cream at the Three Bears Creamery Cottage in Arizona, our fifth state for ice cream. We're at Ruby's Inn now, which is supposed to be the resort site, but we'll let you know more about that later. And now it's almost shower time, so more posting in a while!