We hauled it up to Kaibab National Forest to camp on Friday night. Then we saw Zion all day Saturday and half the day Sunday. All campgrounds and motels were 100% booked so we begged leave to throw down our tent on some random earth in some random ranch/resort near the park. They let us! It was not the ideal spot considering we were on a hillside during the windiest night I've ever experienced. But it was just outside of the park, and therefore perfect. Sunday afternoon we drove up to the Kolob Canyon part of Zion and then to Cedar Breaks National Monument and Bryce Canyon. We motelled it on Sunday night in Kanab. On Monday we swooped down on downtown Kanab for some espresso, and then took a dirt road into Escalante National Monument, before heading home. But of course we stopped in Flagstaff at Macy's for even more espresso con panna. Traffic was light for us both ways. We were trying to guess if it was "this economy" that kept folks from heading up north.
Selah in Zion Nat'l Park. We had to stop several tourists from throwing Doritos at her. PLEASE DO NOT FEED WILDLIFE, even pink hungry-looking bear cubs.
Selah in Zion Nat'l Park. We had to stop several tourists from throwing Doritos at her. PLEASE DO NOT FEED WILDLIFE, even pink hungry-looking bear cubs.
Pointing at the killer squirrels. If you don't feed them, they help themselves.
Selah flips out over three friendly deer grazing in Zion Nat'l Park. 
Beautiful biking/walking path along the clear blue Virgin River in Zion. Considering that the park was flooded with tourists, this was kind of a rare shot.
Overlooking Zion from Dixie Nat'l Forest.
The pure green forests of Dixie Nat'l Forest near Cedar Breaks Nat'l Monument.
GIANT BABY EATS MOUNTAIN. Escalante National Monument, near the "old Pareah Townsite," if you are fans of early Mormon Settlement history, which I am becoming.
Beautiful....I love the pictures!!!!
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