Super 8 Motel - Blanding

... 382; kolem nás neklopýtají dostavníky nebo drsní ostřílení hoši kouřící marlbora, ale otevřený přestárlý náklaďáčky řízený vrásčitýma indiánama se zaprášenýma turistama na korbě. Jedna parta asiatů má dokonce na obličeji roušky a vypadají jak ranění převážení z MASHe. Projíždíme po celé okružní trase a vracíme se na parkoviště, abychom ...

... away. As we were leaving one of the ruins I found a pot s******* the ground that's the most detailed piece I've found so far- very exciting! (Of course I left it there- you can only imagine how many pots and artifacts you'd still be able to see today if EVERYONE left things like they're supposed to)<br> The cave itself was really big- but there was very little left of whatever had once been there. We stayed in the cave for quite a while ...

... decided that we shouldn't be complaining!<br> It was such a nice relaxing weekend- I know we both wished we could have done the whole river, but we can only fit about 2 days worth of food/water on the kayak, plus Silas had to get back to work anyway. I guess now that we're down here we'll have a lot more chances to get on the river than when we were living in Montana!<br>Allison<br>Silas' entry will be coming soon...he says tomorrow...we'll see...<br>

... quite well done, and very helpful. But pottery was only the beginning. They had a display of baskets from a basket cache, a couple of amazing turkey feather blankets (that looked very soft and inviting), a display of sandals, jewellery, lithics - it just went on and on. There was a collection of matched side notched points tied together by twine, similar to the ones we saw yesterday attached to the quiver. I'm sure any archaeologist in Saskatchewan would pee their pants if ...

... to go and see a kiva this afternoon, but our trip got cut short due to rain and bad roads. So we headed for our next overnight stop in Blanding, Utah. Our group (in the Sequoia) stopped en route at Newspaper Rock - a petroglyph site. The site was well made, as there was a very dense collection of petroglyph images that almost looked like newspaper print from a distance. The images ...

... finished our lunch I gave Allison a card. I wrote the card so I could express how I felt about her and lead into my proposal. I knew I would be too nervous and stumble over my words and forget to tell her everything I wanted to say if I didn't write it down. So when she finished the card, I asked her to marry me. I don't think she believed me at first. But when she figured out I was serious, she gave me a big hug. And I don't know if ...

... nice to get to see these places on the off season. There's nothing worse than hiking along in a parade of people when you're trying to enjoy a nice, peaceful hike. When we were down underneath the bridges we could see the trail that goes along the bottom of the canyon and connects all the bridges- we decided that as soon as it warms up a little (but before tourist season starts) we're going to camp there and do the whole trail to all 3 bridges. Allison

... that blows you away. Everywhere there are sprawling red buttes, like the prows of huge tanker ships rising up from the land and flowing into the distance, as far as the eye can see. Low scrub brush and squat cottonwoods dot the landscape lending to the high-desert feel and then you come upon a flowing stream, suddenly, out of now where. Lining its banks are shimmering bright green dogwoods that provides such stunning contrast to the towering red rock all around it. Nature ...