I’m BAA-ACK!!

WE arrived home last night at 9:45.  I was up this morning at 8:00 am, and I would’ve posted, but for some reason our internet didn’t work.  Eric didn’t have it back up until I got back from grocery shopping.  So it’s late, but it’s something!

Just for fun…some random observations from my travels:

  • It drives me nuts that so many hotels do not have free internet.  Especially the expensive ones.  I can get free internet access at the Holiday Inn, but not in Vegas…sheesh!
  • It gets a tad boring looking at rocks and holes in the ground for 10 days.
  • Vegas is not that fun if you don’t drink, gamble, or enjoy looking at pictures of mostly naked women.
  • Bellagio’s fountains are truly the best part of Vegas.
  • My favorite national parks in order of most to least favorite
    • Arches – neat visuals, fun hike
    • Zion – Water in the canyon = trees, grass, vegetation, waterfalls
    • Grand Canyon/Bryce Canyon – a tie here, neat spectacle, too many people
    • Canyonlands – the hike (in the desert) was the best part
    • Capitol Reef – NOT worth a trip by itself, but we just drove through it anyway.  It’s on the way between Canyonlands and Bryce
  • Utah, Arizona and Nevada are really just long, open, boring stretches of land with NOTHING around except large monoliths of rock (mostly red).  There is literally a “town” maybe every 50 miles, usually with no services there. 
  • It is SOOO good to be home!!!

Anyway, I’ll do some pictures and details next week.