Thursday Oct 6th
Oct 6=
Sorry it's been so long-we haven't had internet access. I mean "free" internet access. Ok hmmm-what did we do on Oct 6th? Oh, I remember. Before leaving for Bryce Canyon, Utah we decided to take a look-see at Glen Canyon Dam. We thought it would be nice to take a pix of the scissors viewing the dam. I had the scissors in the front pocket of my jeans and a cup of java in hand and walked into the Dam visitor center. (tee-hee still makes me laugh "dam visitor center"--anyhow----i sure was glad that I had that cup of joe with me. They had a HUGE metal detector and 4 armed officers right when you enter. The female officer asked if I would kindly finish my coffee outside. Luckily---I could just see me trying to explain why i had that pair of scissors in my pocket. "well you see officer-we're taking photos of them going cross country for Laura's mother"....yeah right. Truthfully-I'm surprised i didn't just set that thing off just entering the doorway. We took a tour of the "dam" and afterwards I realized why security might be a little tight. Really I'm surprised that they allow tours at all. Not only could someone easily sabatoge 6 states water supply but they could also mess with their electricty supply as well. Ok now onto Utah! We arrived at Bryce Canyon right at sundown. Saw a beautiful sunset over the many "hoodoos"-that's whay they call them. I thought we could do this "easy hike" while the sun was setting. I threw on my hiking boots and we took off. Word of advice: "no matter how tempted you are to just take off and hike-it's best to prepare yourself." suchas: the proper socks and perhaps a flashlight. After a frantic "how do we get back" and "dam-my feet are killing me-why am i wearing these thin socks"...we finally got back up from the canyon. We spent the night in the Element and froze our butts off!! It got down to 25 degrees overnight.
Sorry it's been so long-we haven't had internet access. I mean "free" internet access. Ok hmmm-what did we do on Oct 6th? Oh, I remember. Before leaving for Bryce Canyon, Utah we decided to take a look-see at Glen Canyon Dam. We thought it would be nice to take a pix of the scissors viewing the dam. I had the scissors in the front pocket of my jeans and a cup of java in hand and walked into the Dam visitor center. (tee-hee still makes me laugh "dam visitor center"--anyhow----i sure was glad that I had that cup of joe with me. They had a HUGE metal detector and 4 armed officers right when you enter. The female officer asked if I would kindly finish my coffee outside. Luckily---I could just see me trying to explain why i had that pair of scissors in my pocket. "well you see officer-we're taking photos of them going cross country for Laura's mother"....yeah right. Truthfully-I'm surprised i didn't just set that thing off just entering the doorway. We took a tour of the "dam" and afterwards I realized why security might be a little tight. Really I'm surprised that they allow tours at all. Not only could someone easily sabatoge 6 states water supply but they could also mess with their electricty supply as well. Ok now onto Utah! We arrived at Bryce Canyon right at sundown. Saw a beautiful sunset over the many "hoodoos"-that's whay they call them. I thought we could do this "easy hike" while the sun was setting. I threw on my hiking boots and we took off. Word of advice: "no matter how tempted you are to just take off and hike-it's best to prepare yourself." suchas: the proper socks and perhaps a flashlight. After a frantic "how do we get back" and "dam-my feet are killing me-why am i wearing these thin socks"...we finally got back up from the canyon. We spent the night in the Element and froze our butts off!! It got down to 25 degrees overnight.
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