a.m., land at 9:00-something, get a car, stop at McDonalds, and head north! Virgin River gorge at the Arizona border wow! Zion - shuttle buses because it's already the start of the busy season there Tuesday: Back into Zion, then out of Zion, north to Bryce Canyon Tuesday night: Astronomy! Wednesday: Bryce Canyon itself. The surrounding area looks like northern Minnesota.  (It's here that Candela goes "splat" on her knee while admiring the view like I told her to.) Thursday: Out through Red Canyon, north end of Zion, St. George (tabernacle, temple, petroglyphs) Thursday night: Mesquite (and big comfy waterproof band-aids). Outdoor hot tub Friday: Out through Valley of Fire, a depressing Lake Mead, a few blocks of the strip Early to the airport thanks to quick rental car return and TSA-pre treatment for some reason Rented a locker and wandered the terminal to kill time Flight home at 11:55 p.m.  Candela managed to sleep a bit, but was asleep for the initial descent and hosed her ears Picked up around 5:30 a.m. Saturday Home to sleep, then off to the circus at 2:30 p.m. Conclusions: Utah and Nevada (and Arizona) are beautiful.  But so is Minnesota, in a different way. Want to see the photos?  Here's the entire vacation album of Eric and Candela's 2015 Utah Trip...