Long day of traveling today. Left Minneapolis at 9:05 this morning and just got into our room in Springdale UT at 11:00 Mountain time, or midnight back home. Actually we checked in a while ago but went straight to the Bit and Spur to have some dinner since our last meal was at Schlotzky’s in Phoenix.

The GPS said it would be a 7 hour drive. it turned out to be longer than that because we took a side trip to the Desert View overlook in the Grand Canyon. Here is a view from the Desert View of the Colorado River. We’ll be rafting down that river and into the canyon in just a few days. We will be able to see the watchtower from the river on our way into the canyon!

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It was still quite a drive from the Grand Canyon to Springdale UT. Along the way we crossed the colorado river just south of where we will get on the raft.

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We drove through Zion National Park in the dark. We are all looking forward to a great day of hiking in Zion tomorrow.