Friday, June 22, 2012

Grand Canyon to Lake Powell


Day 15

       We awoke to a relaxing morning in Zion as Mom, Dad, Courtney, and Carter sauntered over to the Springdale Coffee Shop while I dutifully finished my second Hunger Games book in two days. Finally we all convened back at the RV and were on our way to the Grand Canyon and Lake Powell. After traversing the hairy Zion Parkway with the picture of white-knuckle driving Dad at the wheel, we quickly motored on down through Southern Utah and into Arizona. We stopped for lunch at the scenic Vista Encantada overlook, and it was so scenic that Dad couldn’t even stand up and look at the same time. Lunch was tasty, and after a few pictures we rolled on to the pièce de résistance, Cape Royal. Cape Royal was nothing short of phenomenal and it even allowed us to walk right up to the edge, with fences of course. The views were as I mentioned, (insert creative adjective here), but my favorite part was seeing Dad overcome his fear of heights by walking out onto the perilous Angels Window point. We reluctantly left the Grand Canyon after only a slim glimpse of what it had to offer, but departed thirsting for the cool waters of Lake Powell.

Submitted by Brandt





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