Sunday July 15, 2012

We got up this morning and packed up our small bags that we had taken into the motel.  After breakfast, Dave took the boys to the pool while I went to the grocery store.  We packed everything away and then decided to drive the 7 miles to the border hoping to get a new state to add to the boys’ collections – Nevada.  The joke was on us, as the route didn’t cross into Nevada, but Arizona!  We turned around and headed to Zion National Park.  We have a lovely campsite in Watchman Campground.  We have lovely views of the canyon walls on two sides.  We got everything set up and then walked to the Visitor’s Center to get oriented.  We decided to take the free shuttle to the end of the scenic route so that the boys could get a feel for the park.  We stopped for a cold drink at Zion Lodge Café and then came back to camp.  The boys walked down to the river and did a bit of exploring.  We had steak tips (thank you, Dan), potatoes (thank you, Alex), and fresh green beans (thank you, Theo).  Everything was delicious.  Dave and I did the dishes.  The boys had to make s’mores over the camp stove, as there are no campfires allowed in the camp at the moment because of the high fire danger.  We started to read our story, but had to move into the screen area of our tent as we heard thunder and saw lightening.  It started raining after a bit so we all hopped into our sleeping bags instead of going to the ranger talk.  It was a bit early for bed so the boys entertained themselves by talking and drawing pictures of cars.  Dave and I read our kindles.