The Much Improved Drive Home

Since the drive to Arizona was the "drive from hell", Rock and I decided to take a different route home, and I am pleased to report that it was wonderful and beautiful. We went via Flagstaff and the Southern Rim of the Grand Canyon. Even though we didn't go to the Canyon we saw some beautiful scenery (pictures taken mostly through the dirty car window), and just by chance spent our first night at the Zion National Park in a hotel right at the entrance. We drove through some of the park in the dark, so next morning we went back in for a few miles to take pictures (not through the dirty car window) and watched the sunrise over the grandiose mountains of Utah. We experienced several weather patterns on the way home from rolling green hills to snow covered mountains and even drove through some snow on a mountain pass or two! Who knew we would be going right through Zion National Park, until I called ahead for a hotel and recognized the "Zion" name in the hotel....thank goodness for small favors. We spent our second night in Oregon and arrived in Renton on a Friday. A very pleasant return.

Ride em cowboy!