So on Saturday morning we awoke to snow in Lima just north of Idaho Falls. Not liking the 2 inches of ice covering poor Mildred we headed further south for some warmer weather making it to Zion National Park.
Once in Zion we set up camp for a couple of nights- only really having one full day there we decided to listen to what many had told us and do the Angel's Landing hike, supposedly one of the absolute classics of the area. Well, true to what we had heard it was pretty amazing. Only 5 miles round trip it wasn't overly long but the elevation and exposure more than made up for it. At times we were holding onto chains going up narrow shoulders and ridges, a pretty cool experience for a major trail within an National Park.
After checking out of Zion we headed further stout again, originally planning on bypassing Las Vegas but Erin was stuck on the idea of a night of debauchery in the city of Sin. OK, maybe that's not accurate...we did however think that driving the truck and Mildred up and down the Vegas strip and grabbing some photos would be a good idea. It's pretty amazing that such a crazy city filled with entertainment just pops up out of the desert when you are coming into it.
Opting for a better night's sleep than one we'd get in Vegas we headed east towards Boulder City just on the outskirts of the city. Great area, certainly smaller and more tolerable than the busy streets of Vegas and it's on the shores of Lake Mead.
Camped last night in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area- had an awesome supper of BBQ ribs, salads and baked potatoes before walking the dogs down along the lake shore and taking in a beautiful sunset against the red rock canyons straddling the Arizona and Nevada border.
Today we plan to head further south and make it to Tucson, we'll check in with Ken and Jean Murray as well as get some cycling and climbing in.
Till next time...
