Friday, October 10
The five and half months we've spent here have sped by so quickly that it's hard to believe departure is only four days. Nevertheless, conditions have changed rather dramatically during the past ten days: the weather has turned chilly two weeks earlier than normal, according to the locals; trees are donning their fall wardrobes; tourist traffic has shifted from American families to French and Chinese bus tours; and the parks are closed.
We spent part of yesterday, the first of our three days off this week, preparing the RV for the long trip back to North Carolina. After completing our list of chores, we were anxious to get away from the RV park for a while. However, a forecast that included the possibility of thunderstorms steered us away from hiking and we decided to video the drive through Zion with Fred's GoPro camera. Conditions were nearly perfect for that project--a dramatic cloud-filled sky, colorful foliage and very little traffic on Route 9. (Rangers at both the East and South entrances instructed drivers not to stop and turned away vehicles too large to travel through the tunnels.)
Fred has posted the video of our trip through Zion from the East gate to Springdale at http://youtu.be/8p-14EJQ4bU
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