Cable Mountain Lodge Springdale

Nach zwei Tagen im Arches National Park und mit frischer Waesche im Gepaeck, haben wir uns quer durch eines der groessten Indianerreservate der USA gewagt :-) Die Cowboyhuete haben wir in den Kofferraum gepackt und dafuer die Federn angesteckt...

Unterwegs sind wir durchs weltberuehmte Monument Valley gefahren. Dies ist ein Tal, in dem noch einzelne Zipfel verschiedenster Gesteinsschichten aus dem Boden ragen und dadurch wie Statuen aussehen.

... the crest where we hike a short distance further up the hill. No marked trails, but it's easy to figure out what should be a path.

The scenery here rivals Zion. The biggest benefit is no one seems to use this park so we have it to ourselves. The views are unending into Zion. This would be the perfect place to star gaze or photograph a full moon.

I'd come back here in a heartbeat.

... to the park I was watching the rocks formations more closely and could pick out pumice, basalt and even some volcanic vents interspersed and covering some of the sedimentary land formations. What interesting landscape. Arizona has beautiful landscape but the rugged mountains of Utah are hard to beat. We took a detour to the La Verkin overlook. Talk about views from a desert meadow! The hiking trails in the canyon behind the town look spectacular.

... dinner now damp and cold, I couldn't wait, I grabbed a Snickers! Lucy was trying to fit about 18 sausages in a small pan, funny, but they turned out great as was the mash and onion gravy. There was veggie sausages too, we got about 1.5 sausages. Dawn had run to the local hotel to blast some corn dogs in the microwave, she came back with em, they are weird, a regular hot dog sausage surrounded by corn bread that tastes like a dough nut, quite sweet at ...

... bijzonder spectaculair! Zo moeten we op een bepaald moment over een smalle richel met links en rechts alleen maar afgrond maar gelukkig wel met een ketting om je aan vast te klampen. Het uitzicht vanop de top is adembenemend. Ik ben blij dat ik het gedaan heb. De terugweg is ook niet simpel. Sommige stukken zijn zo steil dat ik me op mijn achterste naar beneden laat glijden. (ik ben niet de enige dus ik maak me niet ...

... a me di fare la stessa cosa... che bello dopo quel trail stare con i piedi nell'acqua del fiume fresca! La famiglia mi chiede se gli faccio una foto e se ne voglio una anch'io.. poi scattano le classiche domande sulla provenienza.. loro dal Colorado, mi hanno chiesto come stava andando il mio viaggio e si sono un pò meravigliati che lo stessi facendo da solo. Uscito dal fiume vado verso la fermata per la navetta e scendo allo Zion lodge per un pò di acqua fresca. Vista l'ora ...

... its reputation as one of the best, if not the best, hike in the National Park System" It's awesome! We managed to get seats on the shuttle bus after our walk back the riverside walk. We were all knackered, and soaked! Lyn drove back, and we stopped off for a McDonald's/ We headed straight into the hot tub to soak our aching limbs. I woke up at 4am crying in pain from my aching arms! Lyn, being a sweetie, got up and got me the American tablets we'd got to help our aching muscles when we ...

... it was for us in early July. Yet this is the only way to get to a place called "Wall Street," the very narrow part of Zion Canyon, where the walls are only a few feet across. Along the way, you traverse the slippery rocks, resting from time to time on small beaches, admiring the birds, butterflies, and flowers that grace the shores. We hiked in about three hours to Wall Street and then hiked back out. It was physically a fairly challenging experience, but a greatly rewarding one ...

... that little ridge and headed back where I met up with Vanessa, Annette and Gary who had also opted out of the stupidly scary bit. We went off on out own on a couple of other hikes to kill the time whilst the others where up there. And thats what I did in Zion, it was beautiful stunningly gorgeous scenery that I can't really describe to you, but hell I'll show you a tons of pictures when I get back!

... I'm not sure anymore...I'll have to watch another episode before I decide. The cookie thing was so funny. Ever since we left Jacob Lake Silas was making comments about how he knew I had bought two extra cookies. I thought I had been extra sneaky when I got them so I couldn't figure out how he knew, so I just kind of changed the subject whenever he would bring it up. Turns out he didn't know and he was completely surprised when I pulled them out. Bwah, ha, ha! Allison