Zion National Park and other points in Utah

We woke up this morning at Lake Powell. For those of you back East who may not know this, Lake Powell is the man-made creation which resulted from the damming of Glen Canyon. The dam itself is, in my opinion, a total monstrosity. It is horribly ugly and there is just something completely unnatural about seeing that canyon filled with water. This is a case where I wish the environmentalists would prevail and they would remove the dam.

We left the Glen Canyon area at the crack of dawn and headed out toward Zion National Park. We have not previously been to this park so we were excited. The park is gorgeous but if you are confined to the park shuttle, you only get to see very little of the park. Joseph, Marianne, Christoper and Claire all earned their junior ranger badges for Zion, which was a fun activity for us all. Mike spent a lot of time taking pictures of lizards, squirrels and the creek that runs through the park and created the canyons. It was ungodly hot, so we did very little hiking, a ton of sweating and then decided to come back in the fall, and we got back on the road.

We made it to Brigham City, which is where I am now composing this post. Tomorrow we will try to make it into Montana, but not before giving the kids an opportunity to play in the playground that is here at this campground, maybe we can even go for a swim. There is a pool here.

The evening temperatures are not bad. It is about 70-72 degrees as I write this and there is a really nice breeze going. I'm off to sleep. Goodbye until the next wi-fi hot spot!