Village Of Many Nations Kanab

... of Los Angeles and Las Vegas searching for new sources of (very expensive) electricity.

We left the dam a little dissatisfied and drove out towards the Grand Canyon (see journal).

After we left the Grand Canyon we drove another 4 hours north to the town of Kanab, Utah where we were to be staying. The drive was beautiful, along canyon walls, past huge mountains of red stone, and across vast expanses of prairie and ...

... Lots of people here! More than we like so we took a trail that wasn't as crowded. Kind of the road less traveled! David, we did go part of the way on the Angel's Landing trail but then veered off and continued up the canyon on the West Rim trail for about 1 1/2 miles. Making plans for hiking tomorrow and then we'll head out of here and drive to Parowan, UT for the night. Great Basin on Friday!

... obawom okazalo sie, ze easycar to najtanszy sposob na wypozyczenie samochodu w USA (a przynajmniej w LA). Za dwa tygodnie zaplacilismy dokladnie polowe tego, co podaja na swoich stronach wlasciwie wszystkie znane wypozyczalnie. Co wazne, w tej cenie zawieraja sie juz wszystkie ubezpieczenia ( w tym tzw. CDW). Gdy pojawilismy sie w wypozyczalni, aby odebrac samochod, pozwolono nam wybrac sobie jeden z 3 stojacych wlasnie na parkingu. Nie zastanawialismy sie dlugo i ...

... I got back on my feet, I lost my balance yet again submerging myself even more in the river. About 2 miles into the Narrows, we came across a slot canyon that merged into the Narrows. This canyon, I would later learn is called Orderville Canyon. This canyon was very different than the main Virgin Narrows canyon. It was much narrower, darker and there was not as much flowing water as in the Narrows. However, there were several deep pools, some ...

... It is a large park but only has two roads. One is way up north and not connected to the road into the southwest entrance. The southwest road goes along the SW border but to go into the best part of the park you have to park your car and take a shuttle. What a brilliant idea. The shuttles run every 7 minutes. They stop at every good place for viewing or hiking or eating in the park. Since there is only this ...

... canyon floor. Into the visitor center where I make a request for a pass so that Patsy and I can drive up through the canyon. This request was denied and we were told to take the shuttle bus. I tried to explain that the scooter was too big. I finally got the green light from the shuttle bus supervisor and back I went to get the pass. Success and we are off. We drive along the road all the way up to the end of the Canyon. Along the way we make a couple of stops ...

... on this trip. We started for Phoenix much later than planned and made a quick stop at a buffalo ranch for a 'buffalo' burger for a late lunch. Thank goodness we did as we did not see many other opportunities to eat until we reached Flagstaff in the early evening. Scott is holding dinner for us and he has cooked a leg of lamb to mark Easter and my birthday.

... and our feet are knackered from the rocks/water/shoes. Back onto the Shuttle bus, and back to the Visitor centre, to get our National Park Passport stamped, and I picked up a book on Zion, so I can relive our visit through photos! We took the sticks back, and got some food. We were all starving, and got some food in the Sol Café we'd been to earlier in the week. A burger and fries had never tasted so good! Ioan was so knackered he put sugar on his chips, instead of salt! It ...

... threw the scrambled eggs mix in at the end. Super yummy!!! Other than the cleanup, we'd eat this again in a hearbeat... Things we LOVE Scooter the hind leg-less cat Things we HATE Breast Cancer and that the Best Friends' tour no longer stops at the Kitty Motel where the cerebral palsy kitties are because people on the tour got upset by seeing them spazzing out! I guess there was a day when we used to lock up cerebral palsy people out of sight, too...

... next door. Off we trot to the Kitty Motel, which is the temp place for incoming cats, and the permanent home to more serious medical needs kitties. We had to hurry through the door, because Scooter, the official greeter for the Kitty Motel was on us like we were tuna: Born without back legs, I can't believe he escaped being put down! But wow - what a great personality and boy can he get around!! And then there was the cat with cerebral palsy - twitchy, yes, and certainly more challenged ...