Earth Day and Adventure Day 35 (Utah)

Blog prompt: Today is Earth Day. Do you do anything to help conserve energy? Share some tips that you do.

1. We use those CFL bulbs in our lights.
2. We turn up the air conditioning in the summer and turn down the heat in the winter.
3. I compost my food scraps in my worm bins so I can use the natural fertilizer in my flower beds.
4. We turn off the hot water heater when we travel.
5. I drive a Toyota Prius which is a hybrid car.

Travel Notes:

We got up early and hiked the Queen’s Garden and Navajo Trails in Bryce Canyon National Park. We thought about adding the Peek a Boo Trail but decided we would just do the 2 trails instead. It was a wonderful hike and we met lots of neat people. Some of them were from Nevada, Hawaii, Holland, and California. It made the hike better because we stopped often to talk with different people. The trail down to the Queen’s Garden was steep and narrow but the views were fantastic. Coming up the Navajo Trail (Wall Street side) was really muddy and slippery. It also was very steep with lots of switch backs. I really enjoyed the hike today! Since we finished early, we cancelled our room at Ruby’s Inn and decided to drive to Capitol Reef National Park. We drove through Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and the views were awesome along the drive, especially when we hit parts that were still covered in snow. Finally we arrived in Torrey, UT which is right outside Capitol Reef National Park and will spend the night here.

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Kindergarten Kid and Adventure Day 34

Blog prompt: Today is Kindergarten Day. If you could act like a child in kindergarten, what would you like to do today?

I would play and laugh as if I didn’t have a care in the world. I would not think of any of the ugliness or the meanness that is in the news. I would enjoy every one I met and only see the good in them!

Travel Notes:

We got up early this morning and headed to Bryce Canyon National Park. We went through a mile long tunnel and were able to look out the windows into the canyon. When we got to the other side, we hiked to the canyon overlook which was about a mile hike. The views were outstanding. When we got here we found a room at Ruby’s Inn which is an historic place right outside the park. Then we drove along the scenic road in the park and stopped at most of the overlooks. The scenery is awesome. Tomorrow we plan to do some mega hiking but today we are just trying to get used to the high altitude since we are almost at 10,000 feet. We relaxed this evening and did a load of laundry.

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