Last night was a pleasure sleeping in the air conditioned
Escape. After reading the forum for a year and hearing owners complain about
the Dometic Air Conditioner, we were pleasantly surprised at how well it
worked. Some complained about the noise. I can guarantee that they have never
spent a day in the desert @ 99 degrees without electric! We got a “relatively
early start” and were on the road to Zion by 7:45. The drive was about 1-1/4
hours and just getting there was spectacular. The red (Navaho Sandstone)
mountains and hills were beautiful. But then, we drove through the gates to
Zion! WOW!!! Since it was only 9 AM, we quickly found a parking spot near the
visitor center and then went in and checked it out. Barbara wrote out a post
card for the boys and mailed it off to them. Then, we struck out to the park
shuttle bus. They have “free” shuttles that make a continuous loop of 8
different stops. At the stops, there are walks, photo ops, museums, rangers,
and spectacular views. We stayed in the park visiting all 8 stops until about
1:30 when the temperature hit 100+ degrees. At that time, we decided to head
home to the “air conditioned” camper. Throughout the drive home, we kept
passing camper after camper heading into the park. I guess nobody told them
that the park would be hot and crowded. They even had to park outside the park
and take a shuttle. On the way home, we stopped at a Starbucks for a cool tea
and free wi-fi. I got to upload 6 more editions of the blog, do some banking
and download e-mail. At the campsite, Barbara cooked a great dinner of Salmon,
broccoli, baked potato, Hershey’s dark chocolate and washed down with some wine
from Jessie’s Grove Winery where we stayed a week ago. Another great day. The
biggest challenge now is deciding what to do next over the 19 days before we
get to Richardson.
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