Beaver-Days Inn

... ignored! Asked again if he could read. At which point in a really cocky attitude he replied, "yeah, I can read". So Mel pointed out the sign to him, to which he replied "Quite frankly I don't give a s**t"!!!!! Well we both replied "that's quite obvious", before he got really abusive and told us to mind our own business and "go away" not very politely!

So it's time to shame this obnoxious ****er,! If you know this man you should be very, very ...

Kapitel 19: Bryce Nationalpark 27. Mai 2008 Unglaublich! Wir waren beide noch von keinem Ort so ueberwaeltigt wie von Bryce Canyon. Wir bewunderten ihn von den verschiedenen Aussichtspunkten und assen ein sehr feines Picknick, das wir gerne mit zwei Chipmunks teilten (aber psst ...

Short day driving today. My eyes are bagged. I am where I planned to be when I mapped out my return home. Surprise. Surprise. When I left Vegas this morning I decided to drive to Provo, another 250 kms further. But I know how to read the signs now. It was time to stop. That's It! That's All! PS. The ICE show was amazing last night. Third row, center stage. But that wasn't hard to get. It wasn't a sold out show.

... and we did a 4 hr hike of the Canyon . This is my fav one of all. It was so interesting with loads of twistes and turns and ups and downs. Everyone else was just fded up of the hike by this point and it was tiring but so worth it i think. U wait til u see the pics.

We left Las Vegas with the intention of going through Utah as quickly as possible. Last time Randy had a bad experience with Utah because the cities are far and few in between. And almost running out of gas in Utah was not the optimal experience for him. Either way, we were both dead tired and I was driving. I couldn't imagine Randy trying to drive out of the parking garage. And both of us being dead tired and driving is a consistent theme, but after having ...

... then headed back to the park to do some more hiking in the snow. When I got back to my camp, Gerry invited me to dinner. I rushed to the bathroom to cleaned up and look presentable (lost cause, I guess). Then, I went to join them and I was treated to Gerry's home cooking and their friendly conversation. We ended up going to see The Pink Panther at the Zion Big Screen movie theatre. Classic Steve Martin-and Jean Renu as a sidekick (?). Nina ...

Only one more night to stay in the Bates Motel, sorry Travelodge. Last night was definitely the coldest of the trip so far, there was actually a little bit of snow on the ground and our car when we woke up this morning. Also we could see that the mountains in the distance had received a fresh sprinkling of snow. Luckily as we braved the same mountain road that we drove over the other day, the snow ploughs had been out in force again. Using our frequent user National Park ...

One night down, two more nights to go in the hotel from hell. Actually it wasn't that bad really, just more expensive and it looks like it might be condemned at any moment! Today was the next leg of our canyon-athon, ticking off Zion Canyon National Park. This meant another day of absolutely beautiful views and also saw me having to drive up the side of the mountain and then (thanks to a handy but very narrow tunnel) get to drive ...

Today we managed to do our usual trick of logging out thirty seconds before the hotel's official check out time, it was a fond farewell to Page and the nicest hotel that we've stayed in so far. Once on the road, we were heading further North, leaving Arizona behind us and moving into Utah. Americans obviously don't do much driving on a Saturday, as once again we seemed to have the roads pretty much to ourselves (or ...

The beauty of the American Southwest! Dry and desolate...yet grand and overwhelming. Spires of rock rising up from the desert... Windswept scenes... Bands of colors--first, deep and red...then rust-colored...even dirty-white...all in one formation! Wander into a "slot canyon" are here is what you get! (picture enclosed)