After a nice breakfast at thunderbird Restaurant while enjoying watching the Tiny hummingbirds, we headed off for a day exploring Zion park. Stopped first to see the checkerboard rocks. Then headed down into the canyon. Half hour later and lots of switchbacks and 2 tunnels, we hopped on a shuttle bus armed with bottles of water for the days hiking. Alyssa's word for the sights coming into the canyon as we were driving was majestic. That's exactly what it was. M...

What a gorgeous day for starting out on our Western Us tour. The plan--wake up at 6 am, continental breakfast complete with waffles and passo-guavo juice and off for Wal-Mart to stock up on drinks, cooler and snacks. Whoops! The cooler tipped over - ice all over the floor. In an effort to make a quick stop, made a left hand turn and got stopped by police. Just a warning to watch the signs. Now 4.5 hours to Bryce Natl Park. Or so out trip tik thought. Took us...