Best Western Coral Hills St. George

Who's idea was it to start a climbing road trip through the rockies in the middle of Fall????<br>Oh, yes... it was ours.... We managed to get to st. George UT, home of the Red Hills. We got here monday at noon, and climbed some on Prophesy wall (usually used for multi-pitching, but we used the first pitch as a sports climb route ...

... treffen aufhalten, was sich mehr als gelohnt hat. ist ja bereits mein zweites ganz spontanes auf meiner weltumrundung.<br><br>Über den hoover-dam muss ich nicht viel berichten, ist schlicht und einfach gigantisch und man muss dieses bauwerk mit eigenen augen sehen.<br>

... scared?? Haha! Bimbo! I have since discovered that "petrified" means that something has hardened into stone over time.<br> <br>We got to walk on the rocks, and also climb them, so it was really nice and fun. Unfortunately, the two little pools of water normally seen in the photos were dry, so no nice photos :-(<br>

... we saw 2 snakes on the path! They didn't worry us though. Downhill was definitely easier and we still kept taking photos. At the bottom we jumped back on the bus and headed to to end of the road where we went on the Riverside Walk which was a 2 mile round trip on a paved path. It was a nice amble and very different from the uphill hike. Then I wanted to go and see the Lower Emerald Pool, a 1.2 mile round trip. We had a look around Zion Lodge and watched the deer on ...

Everybody knackered today; Lyn and Io from their hard work up the Narrows, and everybody else from our late return from Footloose, so we had a quiet day, spent at the pool,and visiting some shops in St George, including the lovely Barnes &amp; Noble, where Tegz bought the 4th book in the Twilight series. She brought the first 3 on holiday with her, but read and re read all of them in the first week. I can't think who she takes after! These are seriously huge books too!<br><br ...

... deep canal that was hand dug to get water into the La Verkin/Hurricane valleys. The Virgin River travels through a deep gorge through the valley where people settled, so water had to be dammed further up the canyon at a level where it could be diverted into a channel that would end up at the elevation of the towns. The original dirt and wooden canal, that often traveled through tunnels dug in the cliff walls, was later replaced by a large ...

Oh firstly &gt;&gt; has anyone over there got some spare rain?.....we're kinda in need of some. Breakfast, pack and off south down I-15 to Zion National Park - it was 93F when we left circa 10am and it kept getting HOTTER - Zion is slightly higher but still BAKING. Zion is one of our favourite National Parks - we took the bus down the canyon and were still amazed by the scenery. Huge mountains either side. A large landmass got pushed up millions of years ago....here's the stuff ...

... in the wind or on twisty roads. When I'm on the plane home, I'm going to put out a top 10 list of things we learned about camping. I'm sure it will serve someone well in years to come and Letterman will probably want to use it. I'll upload some pictures now and send another report from "The Strip". Mark might have to pry my dry, camper worn fingers from the door of the spa at the MGM.

... The biggest tree in the world is an astounding site!!! Returned to Nevada via the White Mountains where I saw the oldest tree in the world - over 4700 years old!! Headed into Utah to visit Zion National Park and then to the Grand Canyon (North Rim) for a 3 day hike to the canyon floor - with over 1 mile descent/ascent! Then headed to Arches National ...

... bit and then went to the spirit stretch! What a completely relaxing experience! It was as good as a massage. There was very relaxing Indian music playing in the background and outside the windows was a great view of the sun setting over the canyons! I went to dinner feeling great! Dinner was also as treat. I sat at the Captain's table with some very interesting women and Ted, the guy who is everywhere. I ...