2013/07/12 – Friday – Vacation - Day 22 - Shuttle and Drive

I thought Amanda was going to get us up, but nope, about an hour later she said it is 8 and then crawled back into bed and went back to sleep, so much for getting an early start.

We drove the short drive to the visitor center so we can take the shuttle into the canyon part of the park.  We rode all the shuttle all the way to the end of the canyon and did a short walk to the river.  Amanda of course took several pictures.

Now we are heading back down the canyon and our next stop is the weeping rock.  A short but steep hike to get wet, cool, and watch water drop onto our heads.

Next stop was the Grotto, we walked around a little bet and then caught the next shuttle.

Now it was lunch time so we stopped at the Lodge, the café had a very long line so we went to the restaurant and got lunch.

Next stop was the museum where we watched a video and Amanda was able to turn her JR Ranger booklet in for review and to get her badge.

Finally back to the van, our next stop is at the RV to pick up the dogs.  We went for a drive, but before leaving town we stopped for gas to top off the tank in the van.

Our destination was Kolob Reservoir.  On the way, we go in and out of Zion Park.  We took a side road to Lava Point Lookout/Campground.  We watched a storm come in toward the park.  We made it to the reservoir, but a little bit around it the rain started and I didn’t want to drive on muddy roads so I turned around.  We passed a big group of Scouts doing a camp / rendezvous.  Heading back down the hill we noticed a lot of people were heading up for such a remote location.

Back to the RV to drop the dogs off and now off to dinner in town.

Again back to the RV to relax for the evening.