Rain and Rocks

This is Bryce Canyon . Me & Lou's



I’m trying something new. I’m writing as we go along the road.
We had the most extraordinary luck last night. We ended up in this cool little town of Malad. The motel was simple but you could tell a lot of work was being done. I talked to the lady who ran the place and she was trying to bring it back after the neglect of the former managers. She told me about her kids who “lived close enough to see but not so close they could show up on the doorstep with all the grandkids” . We went to eat at Me and Lou’s café. Wowee zowee! Gorgeous. Ed was there. He was from Dallas but had family in Austin. Went north after his divorce and never looked back. I had the best biscuits and gravy.
What a long day it was. We traveled down to Bryce Canyon and got there about 4:00. We almost passed it up because of the rain, cold and unrelenting. I was not a happy camper. ( Speaking of which, we have not been able to camp a single night. Either too tired, too late, too cold, or too wet. Lots of toos.) I’m so glad we got to go to Bryce. I thought it would be too much the same, but every new spot was another OMG experience. We aren’t seeing a lot of animal life. We saw a foolish prairie dog standing upright in the middle of the road. Much like our bison friend but so much smaller as to be stupid rather than brazen. There was one lone deer.
We are off to Zion today, so biblical. They have a great system. We are staying just outside the park. They shuttle you to the park and then they shuttle you around the park . There are shuttles every ten minutes all day. We are going to stay until about three then we are off to Las Vegas.