DAY 7- Kanab to Grand Canyon to Page

The Lacey's roadster is repaired and they are off to meet us in Page this evening. They have 600+miles to travel.

DAY 6 Zion to Bryce to Kanab

We managed to get up and out of our hotel so we could make it through the construction and tunnel out of Zion before 0900. This was our earliest day yet. We stopped for breakfast later at a cute place that had a buffet, eating up the food that had been prepared for an arriving bus. We overheard the cook calling for emergency help. It was a very windy drive to Bryce and back. The day was beautiful again, except for the wind. which really beat us up. We drove to all the view points in the park, with Linda riding around with Bob Murray so we wouldn't have to start her car too many times. Ice Cream was lunch, and we arrived at our hotel hoping for LInda's generator and voltage regulator to arrive. THe guys had decided they would change the regulator first. but lo and behold, the regulator didn't arrive. So another beg for an extension cord, and plugging in Linda to the trickle charger for the night. We all wandered over to the Grill next door to our hotel and had very large servings of ribs and steak. Not exactly the fine dining of the previous 2 nights, but people seemed quite happy with it. Early to bed and a window in our room we could open for fresh air. I had a good night sleep. Miss you all, and expecially Lola, Healey and Bentley.

DAY 5- Zion

Another beautiful morning, with blue skies and predicted temperatures in the low 90's. A quick breakfast at the hotel, then off on the shuttle bus into Zion. We had booked a private tram tour for 10 AM from the Zion Hotel. The tram took us up to the end of the canyon and back to the hotel with wonderful narration by Zack our guide. The 1 1/2 mile Riverside walk followed, then back to the Lodge for a very slow lunch. I must say that service in Springdale is VERY slow, After hurrying back down the shuttle to the Zion IMAX Theater for the 3 PM Movie, an ice cream (our usual mid afternoon treat), purchasing  a long sleeved blouse for Linda, here I am, finally checking email and working on my Blog. Philip is washing the Morgan, and I believe that Linda is as well.  I will try to post some pictures,

DAY 4- Tonopah to Springdale< Utah (Zion)

A continental breakfast at the Jim Butler Inn, another beautiful blue sky day, and we were on our way. A call to Kristi, our cat sitter, was that Healey was actually full of food. It seems that my instructions to our son Brett about feeding Healey, resulted in 6x her normal food. Kristi will get her back into the 1/3 can instead of 1 can 2x a day. We headed off on what we thought was the road to Springdale, but 26 miles down the road we came across a town, Gold ..... that I didn't remember from preparing the itineraries. 26 miles and 45 minutes later, we were starting again on the correct road, without adding more fuel to the cars. Ken had told us we could get gas in Rachel, but that wasn't what all the signs along the road were saying. Linda and Ken were very low on gas and we were truly out in the middle of no where. Approaching the mobile home restaurant that makes up Rachael, we were becoming very worried. Inquiries in the restaurant resulted in adequate fuel to get us to the next town and petrol station. We also enjoyed an alien burger for lunch. Onward to Springdale approaching Zion from the West. It was a beautiful entrance to the area and one we hadn't seen on our prior trip. As we drove up to the hotel, Linda was frustrated as her car wouldn't start. The battery was completely dead- diagnosed generator failure. She quickly got on the phone to British Motor in SLO who had a spare and will overnight it to Kanab, our next stop. A quick swim, then dinner for the whole group  on the patio which lasted from 7:45 PM until 11 PM. Very good food, but very slow and expensive,.