Zion, Apple Valley and more!

On Friday we headed over to Zion National Park.  We took the shuttle bus through the Valley and then back to the Zion Lodge for lunch.  The restaurant looks out at Angels Landing and is beautiful.  The lodge is in a valley surrounded by tall cliffs formed by the Virgin River.  It's very peaceful and serene (if it weren't for all the tourists)!

On Saturday we took a drive to Apple Valley, Utah which is towards Arizona and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.  It's a pretty valley and there is a cool golf course, Kokopelli, that is having a Champions Tour Tournament in 2011.  Unfortunately it was toooooo hot to play (for us) as well as Ted hurt his toe pretty bad so we'll have to wait until next time.

Today we drove out to the Silver Reef ghost town.  Wasn't much of a ghost town, a couple of bricks that used to be buildings and a museum.   We drove through an area of homes to get there that had the most beautiful views of the Red Cliffs.  The homes were gorgeous and most of the landscaping was natural.  It's a beautiful area.  Quail Lake is right around the corner from our campground and at one time actually poured into an area below our campground with a marina and docks for boats!

After driving around looking at the views we went to lunch at Chuck-A-Rama!  When I retired, my friend Jeri had a retirement party for me and gave me a travel log book that she started with a State on each page.  At the party, friends wrote notes on some of the pages of things to see or do in a certain State.  In Utah, friends (and former bosses) Melissa and Don Teemsma mentioned Chuck-A-Rama!  So today we ate there and boy were they right!  It was a small and absoooolutely delicious buffet.

Tomorrow we leave Hurricane and are heading to Moab, Utah.  About 300 miles and near the border of Colorado, by Arches National Park.

Great desserts at the Chuck-A-Rama..."Ain't Life Grand!"