Pining for the Fjords

In Part 8 , we made it to Zion National Park and took the world's longest shortcut.  Don't miss it! Since we knew that it would be crowded on the one day we really had to visit Zion National Park (NPs all over are super busy right now, and it was the Friday starting out Memorial Day weekend), and it was forecast to get into the low 90s later that afternoon, we set an early alarm to get us up and moving.  We had our normal coffee/tea service, and Chris made breakfast sandwiches, but as we'd mostly packed the truck the night before, we were out of Zion River Resort and on the road pretty quickly. After touring Springdale (the town that sits right at the gates of Zion NP) and selecting a parking area the day before, we made it there without issue and paid for parking, strolling the ~ 1 mile from where we'd left the truck to the pedestrian entrance to the park.  Along the way, we grabbed some selfies and looked around at the neat things in Springdale itself. This sculptur...

Did you read Part 7 yet?  If you didn't, you totally missed us having dinner with John Travolta in an underground bodega and then dessert in his penthouse in Provo, Utah.  Actually, that didn't happen.  You should never go to a second location with John Travolta; everyone knows that. Now, those are the types of clouds I'm talking about! It's good to be back in the southwest! On this particular Thursday morning, we lounged in bed a bit, enjoying the relative quiet and cool temperatures at Lakeside RV Campground in Provo, Utah.  We knew the drive to our next destination, Zion River Resort , would be short (only 250 miles or so, and freeway all the dang way), so we had some time to chill and drink our coffee/chai before heading out.  We had a "clean out the fridge" breakfast, made up of my leftover french fries from StillWest Brewing in Jackson, Wyoming, an extra sausage link from the night we grilled in Gros Ventre Campground, a few eggs, and some cheese slice...