Saturday, June 22, 2019

Day 10: The Canyons

Today we're making it up as we go.  Our original plan was to have spent the night in Orem, Utah.  Since we went to Jackson Hold a day early, we decided not to stop in Orem, but to keep going.  We made it all the way to Cedar City Utah.  By making this change, we were able to go further south.

We started our day at the Abby Inn in Cedar City.  It's a nice place, maybe a little dated, but the owners have put a lot into it to make it a great place to stay.  After breakfast, we hit the road headed south to Arizona.  We took the time to go to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.  Sadie is starting to feel better, but I ended up carrying her most of the way.  We picnicked at the North Rim and had a great lunch.  It was much warmer than it has been being, so everyone was exhausted when we left. 

We hadn't thought about it earlier, but I decided to get Sadie a National Park Passport at the Grand Canyon.  She started her stamps there; I only wish I had thought about it at Yellowstone and the Tetons.

After we left the grand canyon, we headed back north to Utah and to Bryce Canyon.  We just made a quick stop there, it was very crowded and we didn't have time to do any hiking.  It's a great place to visit and I'd like to go back and hike some.  I'd also like to go back to the Grand Canyon and hike rim-to-rim, but not sure that will ever happen; one can dream. 

We at supper at the Cowboy's Smokehouse in Panguitch Utah.  It's a neat little place and I'd happily eat there again.  The ribs and Brisket could have been more tender, but it was still a great place. 

We drove on to Richfield Utah for the night at stayed at the Fairfield Inn and Suites.  Good day and all were tired. 

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