We Interrupt this Regularly Scheduled Blog.......

O.K. It is now official, I, Pocahontas, am now declaring that I'm going to make another bid for a thru hike in 2014.

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On to Utah con.

Cathedral Gorge

As we left Cathedral Gorge, we hit Utah in just a few miles. What struck me is that as soon as we hit Utah, the roads really got bad right away. They were very bumpy, and I just wanted to say "Way to go Nevada" for the great upkeep on your roads. But we had to enjoy Utah, for once we got to the interstates, we could open up the gas and go up to 80 miles per hour! What fun! What is wrong with you Oregon, for keeping us at 65 here and there? Guess what, we can handle higher speeds! And it's fun!

On to Utah!

We decided before we left on this trip to catch all of the National Parks in Utah, to include Arches, Capitol Reef, and Canyonlands in addition to Zion and Bryce. We have already seen Zion and Bryce Canyons, but they were pretty awesome, so what could it hurt to see them again?

The Loneliest Road in America

Typical Eastern Oregon Scenery

Our second day through eastern Oregon and into Nevada was much sunnier! Yeah!!  The weather was still on the cool side, the night in Burns was in the mid 30's. As Mark started the driving this morning, I found the opportunity to take a quick nap. I grew weary of watching the side of the road for ground squirrels who were ready to dart across the road, right into our path. Mark couldn't see them quick enough to avoid hitting them. I love all wildlife and hate to see any die, so for a while I was on edge looking out for them. But as the day progressed, I resigned myself that if a few died, it would be population control as there are many squirrels out there. As it happened, we didn't hit a single one, mainly for the blessing that when one darts out, they usually head straight across the road and don't turn back into the cars path. The only one I almost hit did just that, it stopped in the path of the car and headed back from where it came from.

And Away We Go!

As usual, we are without photos. We took a few today, we just can't get them to translate to our blog. We will add them as they can be found, they eventually work their way to the portal.

We left the Willamette Valley this morning around 11:00 in a light rain. We were so eager to get to the other side of the mountains where it is much dryer. We have been anticipating higher temperatures and blue skies. Alas, it was not to be. True, there were somewhat bluer skies, but it was still stormy and rainy here in the high desert.