Traveling was/is always an ordeal, but after picking up my rental SUV I headed out of town. The closer I got to Zion National Park the bigger my grin. It rained all last night but I found that I was relatively comfortable sleeping in the back of the Ford Escape.

In the morning I got up to chilly, but clearing skies, and after a cup of coffee, made on my backpacking stove, I headed to the shuttle bus to take me to the first location. It was real waterfall at Emerald Pools! Because of the early hour there were only a few people there.

For there it was all up hill. Literally and figuratively.

So much for traveling light. Camera gear, camping gear, technology gear, oh my they do weigh a lot.

I am traveling by rental car from the Las Vegas airport to Zion National Park. I have two nights of camping booked there and then I am going to just wing it as I travel across the state from one beautiful park to the next beautiful park .

Wish Bon voyage!

Next Tuesday I leave for Utah for an 8 day camping / photography / and droning adventure, AND it’s my BIRTHDAY to boot!