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We took a circuitous route to a nice little Jewish deli for a light Sunday breakfast (ok, I ended up getting Eggs Benedict) and had plenty of time to chat and catch up about the exciting nature of living in the desert and studying tortoises. No, really.
Now, car is a bit of a misnomer here. When one shows up at an airport car rental location in Las Vegas, you can expect discount disney hotels Well, a variety of options. You see, people come from all over the planet to do insane things, all for the right price.
So, I have a reservation for an SUV. (Cargo space for gear, place to change/shelter depending on the weather discount disney hotels and facilities, etc.) I figured, Well, they ll probably have a few with 4 4 as an option. If the snow that was forecast discount disney hotels for Bryce actually hit, we can be prepared.
Unfortunately, this was the weekend of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway NASCAR race. (Remind me sometime to tell you the story of moving from Ohio to California on the weekend of the Indy 500. Apparently this is a theme for me.)
What does this mean? Apparently all the race fans felt they needed the 4 4 capabilities for driving across the rugged terrain of perfectly flat Vegas pavement. What did this leave me with for options?
This thing was huge. If you ve not experienced one of these rolling barges, it should give you a sense of scale that we felt like we were in a vehicle of equivalent size and mass to a first-generation Hummer that we passed.
(Cynthia suggested when hungry at one point that we simply drive through a herd of deer. It certainly would have been worse for the deer than the vehicle, discount disney hotels but I didn t consider it sporting. Also, as Top Gear proved, cooking on the engine block with animal carcasses doesn t always smell so good.)
Gear and co-pilot loaded, we headed off to meet her friend for lunch and generally relax for a bit before heading into the wilderness. There were stories shared, few of which are suitable for general audiences, and foods devoured. We said our farewells and hit the road.
It should be noted at this point that the Navigator discount disney hotels attacked me while we were running our errands, by deploying its running boards into my shins. Cynthia, as you would expect, mocked me for this. (Not for the first time, but second, third, etc.) Karma, unfortunately for her, is pretty instant around discount disney hotels me at times. She succeeded in pulling down the rear hatch onto the bridge of her nose. Fortunately, we worked out all our travel karma early on, and no further injuries happened for the rest of the trip. (Sorry to take away from the suspense. Yes, we both lived.)
We made good time across the desert, and reached the edge of Zion National Park just as light was failing completely. We were able to see some pleasant-looking resort areas, but once we reached the park boundaries, it was pitch dark. It wouldn t be until the trip home that we realized what we missed.
When we finally arrived at Bryce, it was well into the nighttime hours. I may or may not have succeeded in inadvertently discount disney hotels hitting the alarm button on the vehicle remote. Seriously, way too easy to trigger on that thing.
Yes, seriously. Don t give me grief for shooting the video while she assembled the tent. That was her doing. discount disney hotels Now, whether or not that was her polite technique of keeping me out of the way is another question entirely. I decided not to ask.
All that remained was to dump our sleeping bags into the tent, go up to the (OH DEAR GOD, THANK YOU, THE RESTROOMS ARE HEATED) discount disney hotels restrooms to throw on base and mid layers to stay warm, and then collapse into the tent and sleep.
Warren writes: After a slightly better night of sleep, I woke before dawn, and realized it was time to try to catch Sunrise Point at sunrise. Hauling ourselves over there after a doughnut-sugar infusion, we made it roughly in time. So, here s our first piece of travel advice if you go to Bryce. The scenic [...]
Warren writes: The problem with every great trip is that it eventually comes to an end. I woke early on Thursday morning, around 5:15am, about 45 minutes before our alarm was scheduled to go off. My mind instantly started racing with the events of the week, the video recording we d done the previous night for [...]