Zion Trip August 2007










A few weeks ago we spent a short weekend in Zion National Park in Utah. We had never been before but we were definitely impressed with it and we have already made plans to go back. It reminds us of a larger version of Sedona with lots of red rock.

There are many hiking trails all throughout the park - we hiked two of them in the day that we were there. "Weeping Rock" where the water comes out of the rock (like it's crying - hence the 'weeping' moniker) and "Emerald Pools" which, from what we understand, were pretty low on water because it was the height of summer.















On the way home we found a tasty little gem in the form of a new camping spot (pic above). It is right next to the Virgin River, which is the river that runs through Zion. Camping next to water?! Go figure!! We've definitely been in the desert for too long.

We decided on the trip home that we definitely need to take advantage of the fact that we are so close to places like Zion (we never even knew it was this gorgeous) and Lake Arrowhead, which will be our next post. There are a lot of really nice places within just a few hours of Vegas - we just need to make more plans to GET OUT! More Zion pictures in our web albums.

Pinetop Trip July 2007










We had a long weekend visiting Grandma in Pinetop and good lord was is beautiful. Pretty sure it was in the upper 60's the whole time we were there but what we loved the most was the fact that it rained every day. We needed to remember that water still falls from the skies in some places (not in Vegas of course).

We arrived late Thursday night and the next day we hiked in Greer (pictures here). The next day was spent mostly relaxing and enjoying the beautiful mountain air. We had a wonderful visit and we will do everything we can to make this a tradition every summer - we definitely need it.

We left early the next day so we could finish the six hour drive and still have some time at home before back to work the next day. We got caught in some REALLY heavy rain through northern Arizona, which was very fun. We can't wait to go back next summer.