Loritracy Day 5

loritracy day 5

Day five is Bryce Canyon. Not as well visited as the previous Parks, mostly due to it being quite remote(see previous post) but spectacular. There are 97 pictures. They begin with our trip down into the canyon, it is about a three mile trip with a 600 feet drop. The remainder of the pictures are from the rim. They are from several spots along the eighteen mile road that travel next to the rim. You may begin to feel that I just stood in one spot and took the same picture over and over, 97 is a lot. I promise each is unique from a different place or angle. In the first group of pictures see if you can find Queen Victoria sitting on her throne. I am below the rock looking up. I was just lucky with the rainbow picture. The picture with Lori out on the ledge is from Inspiration Point, as many of the picture are. It is a spectacular place to photograph.
Things are still going well. I have been almost totally free of knee pain, hard to believe uh. Plenty of sore muscles and sunburned face but no knee pain. If you come to Bryce Canyon get in early, between seven and nine we were pretty much alone it was so cool. After nine the shuttle starts and the visitor center opens and it begins to get a little crowded, not Grand
Canyon or Zion crowded but crowded. Angie, I hear you, your mother has made that point quite clearly, no later than Tuesday, but you do know the Lori stand wherever she likes, even too close to the edge of canyons. Aaron, we enjoyed you dam comment. Today was travel and rest day, we did see the Wupakti Indian ruins(thanks to Rebekah Thomas). Tomorrow is petrified forest and painted desert. I will post Monday night with some final thoughts. Johnny, the flight arrives Tuesday 2:57 P.M. Charlotte. I will call. I am also going to post Lori picture, thanks to a suggestion from Aaron. Lori is making movie and not many still shots, the DVD will be awesome.

Oh My God I was not meant to live in the wilderness!!! I may not be a girly girl but I do like modern technology and civilization of 2007. Unless you have been to Tropic, Utah you will not understand what I mean when I say we stepped back in time. It is a county of less than 500 people and even though they get HGTV as one of their channels they have no clue about home comforts or new styles. I have so much to say because I have not been able to use the cell phone or talk to people (everyone around speaks a different language and it is not spanish) so I don't know where to start. Zion and Bryce were amazing but still not as spectacular as The Grand Canyon(the name says it all). Climbing the trails and just being in the middle of nature has been truly a gift(thank you Tracy). Also, being able to climb the trails in the manner in which I have hiked them has made me feel very good about all the hard work I have been doing in working out(thank you Dawn and Angie). Our timing to parks and our safety to and from places have been a blessing from God(thanks for all the prayers). I thought I was going to go crazy yesterday in Utah but I am going to live because I have had good food at Cracker Barrel, went to Walmart and am in a clean hotel. LIFE IS GOOD!!! Enjoy the pictures Tracy has done a great job(Kodak and Fuji could not have done any better my family will get that joke) Love Ya-Lori