Utah trip

So I've been a way for a little while. I took my first trip in a long time. Wifey and I deposited the kids and took a small excursion to Nevada and Utah. Geography forced us to drive through Arizona, but in keeping with our boycott, we refused to stop and booed their citizens vociferously.

Yeah, dropping the kids off for about a week, but an expensive and not so easy thing, but it was the right thing. We love the tykes but we just needed a break.

So Zion is amazing and everyone should go check it out. It's about a 3 hour drive from Vegas. Be sure to hike the narrows. There's nothing like walking up a river canyon while literally in the river. The little town of Springdale outside the park has everything you can need and it seems like a trip that could be appropriate for anyone from 3 to 83, depending on how adventurous you want to be.

So where Zion is life from inside a canyon, Bryce is looking at amazing red stone canyons from up top. It's about 2 hours from Zion. Again, pretty easy travel for anyone. There are just a few places to stay just outside the park entrace. Sort of a tourist trap, but we can't complain too much. For some unknown reason, they upgraded us to the best room in the hotel.

Then we spent a few days in Vegas. Really, after all those days out in nature, Vegas the land of artificial probably wasn't the best way to end it. But we had a nice hotel and we spent a few days wandering the strip.

All told we drove several hundred miles. We also walked about 4 or 5 miles a day. Not so glad to be back. But it's been good to see the kids again.