Whew! I finally did it! I'm caught up on my blog! Hopefully, now I can keep posting everyday and you can follow us in real time.
This last day of May and we are still at the Holiday Inn. The radiator has been shipped and we hope it will come in on Monday or Tuesday. We made the decision to put tires on the motorhome while it was in the shop. It is recommended to replace tires after 6 years no matter the miles on them. We are at 6 years with ours, so replacing them will help Glenn's peace of mind. Just the other day, in St. George, UT, 2 people died when the front tire on their motorhome blew out. The driver lost control and slammed into an apartment building. Wouldn't want that to happen to us or anyone else!
Anyway, with any luck, we will be back in the motorhome before the end of next week.
Glenn and I celebrated our 9th anniversary on Wednesday. We had dinner at Milt's Steakhouse. A small rustic restaurant on Hwy. 14. It was delicious and we had some extra entertainment. They had hummingbird feeders outside the window and they were quite busy!
Today we decided to hike to the Cascade Falls. It's located off Highway 14 past Cedar Breaks National Monument. We read it was .9 miles and not too strenuous. Hmmmm, we'll see. Once we turned off Hwy.14 we followed a dirt road until we finally found the trailhead.
The views from the trail were absolutely breathtaking, literally! We checked the GPS when we returned to the truck and the elevation at the trailhead was 8,942 feet and the falls were higher than that! It was a nicely maintained trail with heavy timber stairs in the steeper spots. Some parts were pretty narrow with no room for missteps!
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| We could see Zion 56 miles away! |
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| Pretty little wildflowers (phlox, maybe?) |
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| Let's hope that rock stays where it belongs, at least until we get off the trail! |
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| A Western Tanager |
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| A nice spot to catch our breath |
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| Clearing the trail. lol! |
This waterfall flows through a lava tube deep in the rocks and is fed from water leaking from Navajo Lake sink holes. Navajo Lake sits at 9.250 feet.
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| Close up of falls |
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| Navajo Lake |
On the way back from our hike to the falls, we drove along Navajo Lake. This is a large but shallow lake. When the water is at the top of the dike it is 15 feet deep. The dike was built to maintain the lake level. Due to the sink holes in the lake bed on the other side of the dike, the water would drain out if not controlled. We saw several nice NFS campground around the lake.
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| Cinder Cone |
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| Lava field |
We returned from our drive, chilled out at the motel and went to Sizzler for dinner. Great day!
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