Zion National Park-October 4, 2011

We took a leisurely drive through Zion National Park today. Of all things, our camera decided to quit working. This park is absolutely breathtaking and it cannot be described in print. We were there about 4 years ago and raced through it without too many pictures, so we thought today would be our day. It was not. So, we will have to return at least one more time to take tons of pictures. All of the roads are newly paved. We dropped down into Fredonia, Arizona to wind our way back to Hurricane. We made it a point to drive off the road into Colorado City. Does that ring a bell? The guy's in prison now, but his disciples live on in that city. Almost all we saw on the streets were women in prairie dresses with oodles of kids tagging along behind them. It is an extremely depressed and depressing city. It's been in existance long enough for a full generation of people to have grown up with no television, cell phones, or music. I wanted to scream, "Run! There's a whole world out there waiting on you!". A black truck followed us out of town and all the way back to Hurricane. We dared not stop! We drove through the Kanab Indian Reservation. They are Paiutes. Talk about depressing. Oh my, it was just barren ground. Absolutely nothing could grow there. Today was one of those days when we realize just how richly blessed we are. The canyons around here just make you gasp at how massive they are and how rich the colors are, but neither of us can grasp why anybody would want to live here. I know there has to be layers of "critter" bones in those rocks, some of those we may have never heard about before. If those rocks could talk........................