| Once the snow had melted a bit, we moseyed the paltry 90 miles southwest to Zion National Park. We continued to dance right along the edge of the storm, and in some places we could actually see it raining just off the north side of the road but still sunny on the south side. Luckily, though, the snow didn't follow us and the worst of it stayed to the north. |
| See that little black hole just right of the center of the picture above? That's a "window" which allows light into the mile-long tunnel. (Yes, the tunnel runs right through the cliff.) You can see it better in the close-up on the right. |
What a thrill it was for Mike to see Zion for the first time! The landscape across Utah is varied, and he had enjoyed taking in the changing view on our ride so far. But Zion is a world unto itself. For those of you who have never visited Zion I don't want to spoil the whole experience, but the entry into the park is very sudden and dramatic. My favorite national park is now his favorite national park, and I highly recommend that everyone wander through at least once. |
| LOOK!!! MIKE IS HIKING!!!! I have photographic evidence! |
| The change in travel plans left us in a bit of a scramble to re-route through enough locations to complete the AMA contests. Instead of going north through Idaho, we went south back into Arizona. (Remember, Idaho is a three-point state for us where as Arizona is only a two-point state.) However... There were a few bonus words that were not actually location names in "I've Been Everywhere", but were other words spoken in the song. Getting pictures of places including words such as Bud, Sand, Pete's Sake, and Mountain Air, among others, all count as three-point bonus pics regardless of how far from home you are. So right about now is when things started to get creative... |
IBE Point Cedar City, Utah
Washington (County), Utah
| All Right! See what happens when you start paying attention? Bonus words start coming out of the woodwork! Case in point: "Sand" in Sand Hallow State Park was only a few miles away from where we stayed outside of Zion. We're not out of the game yet! |
| Dipping back into Arizona, we headed for a GPS point that was right in the middle of Vermillion Cliffs. Easy enough, we figured, since the whole place is beautiful. Except once again, Zumo felt that the best way to get there was by following a well-groomed dirt road for 26 miles until we reached the first gnarly inaccessible 4x4 road it could possibly direct us down. We were getting a little bummed out with these bad GPS coordinates, so we took a little break to simmer down and have some water. More on that stop on the next page... |
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