Archive for May 9th, 2007

2007 05 09 – Big Trip – Day 9 – Zion National Park

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

Zion RV Park, Springdale, Utah. Tachometer – 1152 miles

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Moonrise over Zion

I got up early this morning to do some solo hiking. By 5:10am I was out of the RV. It was still dark but not cold. The wind though was quite strong. I started marching into Zion park hoping to hitch a ride into the Weeping Rock shuttle station about 6 miles from the campground. I could have waited for the first shuttle at 6:45am, but I wanted an early start and to be in a good location when day broke for photography.

Luckily, after about 2 miles of walking in the park, a jeep with 2 rock climbers stopped and let me in. (more…)

Guilin

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

Hi All

Today we saw the China we used to see on many pictures: a countryside with rice terraces, people with round straw chinese hats working on those fields, all that on a background of green hills with bamboo plantations on them. Very picturesque, very pastoral. That was in a typical village out of Guilin. We also visited a local school in that village. It is far from any school we know, but the kids (7-12 I think) were clean, polite and wrote in their little notebooks real Chinese! I have pictures. (more…)