Across America - Zion National Park, Utah

Zion in Hebrew means Place of Refuge

Sunset in the Virgin River Valley

We arrived at Zion on Tuesday, May 21.  Wow! wow! wow!  Incredibly beautiful. Mountains, flowers, colors, waterfalls, river, birds, wildlife.  Our four days here flew by.


One of the joys of growing older is the $10.00 Senior Lifetime Pass at America's National Parks.  One pass allows the holder to bring in two additional people under their pass.  Theoretically, we only needed one pass.  Since National Parks are one of America's greatest assets, we bought two passes to support the parks.  Surely this is the best entertainment and adventure value one can buy and enjoy.  We also bought a National Park Passport and are going to start filling it up with stamps and cancellations from our visits

To0 bad we didn't start this 44 years ago when we first got married.  I'm sure it would be half full by now, but I guess we will be encouraged to retrace some of our former visits.

There is also a kids passport book.  We bought one.....just in case we have a grandchild aboard someday.  Hope, hope.

While in Zion, we geocached,  hiked, biked, trekked up the Virgin River, enjoyed the evening ranger programs, blooming flowers, rise of the full moon, and the glow and woodsmoke of the campfires.  The weather could not have been more beautiful.

Not that we didn't spend some of our time with our electronic gadgets, but we found the family next to us making different memories of their campfires than we did as kids.  What happen to games like "cheeky, cheeky", "Going on a Bear Hunt", and roasting marshmallows?

Maybe it was their sustained silent reading program

Here are some of our favorite photos:

Cactus flowers blooming

White Throne, Organ, Angels' Landing

Likin Lichen Patterns

Mist From Upper Emerald Pool's Fall

Yep.  I Passed on This One.

Russ Taking Photos....Not Over The Edge

Hidden Canyon Hike Along the Edge

River Walk Starts Wide and Lazy, Tapers to Narrow and Wet

Wildflower Gardens Hang on Sheer Rock Walls

River Gorge Narrows, Walls Grow Steeper

Salmon Swimming Upstream - Hopefully not to spawn and die

Roz Trekking Up the Icey Cold Water of the Virgin River

Into the Narrows

Slot Canyon Walk - Very Narrow

Stunning Views in Every Direction

Today is Saturday, May 25.  We left Zion this morning and are now in Bryce Canyon for three days.
As we left Zion, we caught a few last photos:

Checker Board Mesa

Leaving Zion Behind Us

Good Bye Zion

Moving on to Bryce National Canyon

All is well with the Worrall Travel R's on RV Trailblazer

Across America - What Goes on in Vegas...doesn't Stay There!

What?  In Las Vegas and we didn't even go to the strip!  There is so much more to do here than that!

How sweet it was to spend Mother's Day with our daughter Abby and our son-in-law Neal in Las Vegas.  Our week was filled with manicures,

Russ too!  Should have heard the manicurist sigh when she saw his hands!

Roz and Abby getting a pedicure

pedicures, haircuts, shopping, kayaking on the Colorado

Our new 3 piece, dual person, snap together kayak

yoga at the gym, hiking in the Mt. Charleston forest

R favorite son-in-law, daughter, and granddoggie.

Aspen Greens

Noodles in her hiking boots

I thought this was going to be an easy hike - 1400 elevateded feet of switchbacks!

 geocaching (we found 3), eating well

Birthday Celebraation Dinner  for Neal and Abby 

R Abby!

R Granddoggie Flying Noodles

from giant burgers, sushi, and backyard BBQ beef and pork by the pool.

Our granddoggie Noodles is quite the swimmer and retriever.

























After a wonderful week, we left yesterday and drove to Utah through a small stretch of Arizona.

Passing through Corner of Arizona into Utah

are spending the next couple of nights in the outskirts of Zion National Park.

View from the Travel R - or Unholy Roller

Every day is a new view!  Couldn't get any better!

Quail Creek Geocache

Our first night was at the Quail Creek Reservoir just outside of Hurricane.  We enjoyed a quiet evening and a morning of geocaching.

Tonight we are at the Zion River RV Resort.  It's a nice upscale park with lots of amenities, pool, cable TV, WiFi, etc..

Just did some yoga, having a class of wine before dinner, and then BBQ pork loin, followed by the  hot tub.  Life is great.

As we fell asleep last night the wind was howling, but we weren't dragging anchor and no one had to stay up on watch.  Yep, we can easily get used to this!

All is well with the Worrall Travel R's in Utah