One Piece at a Time

[cw68]

Hi Kerry, I've been lurking on your sitch for a while now. You definitely seem to be in a good frame of mind and I hope you continue to keep everything in perspective.

Regarding Utah/Grand Canyon, one year I went west (I was living in Chicago at the time) and went to Zion Nat'l Park and then Bryce Canyon, camping at both. Zion was awesome. Hanging out by the river, walking around, aahh. But Bryce was the most beautiful place I've ever been in my life and I've been to a lot of beautiful places. It is simply gorgeous. The colors, the formations, the views, it's mind blowing. Then after Bryce my friend and I drove to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. You can camp off the road anywhere as long as you are a certain distance from the road and that you pack out. We looked at this big huge cool hole in the ground, snapped some pictures, looked at each other and said, "Back to Zion!" and we drove back to Zion that day.

If you do go to Zion, the town just outside of Zion is Virgin. If you turn by the post office to go North (or NW) you can drive up to this alpine lake, Kolob Reservoir. There was still some snow in July and the wildflowers surrounding the lake were amazing.