REVISITING ZION NATIONAL PARK We’re on our own again after an intense week of the Elderhostel Tour. We are opting to go back to Zion National Park to revel in its awesome magnitude and beauty, despite the rain yesterday and some clouds that remain.

Zion reminds Donald a lot of Yosemite in as much as it has 3,000 foot vertical cliffs, and is climbed the 2nd most of any park, next to Yosemite, in the country. Today, we took the shuttle the entire route up the canyon and back, noting the names of places where we took pictures a few days ago. This is a photo of the Court of the Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

We are only spending a few hours in Zion, as we’ve hiked the short trails and seen all the sites. Tomorrow, we’re off to the South Rim, Grand Canyon. Boy, one thing we’ve really noticed is these ‘folks’ from California are really rude and discourteous drivers. We’re not sure if they are mostly ‘foreign visitors’ who fly into CA, rent cars, and come out here or what. I’ll bet there were less than 25% Americans at each park we have visited this trip. All the rest were from Europe – esp. Germany & France; and then from China and/or Japan. Lots of foreigners with money coming here. Certainly is a reflection of the state of our economy.