(high 97, low 66, sunny)
Yesterday was a travel day, we left Green River and came south to Cedar City, UT. We needed to see a little city again, it'd been over a week. There is a cloud south of us, I believe it's a forest fire that's been controlled and is burning itself out. I can smell a little smoke during the night.
Last night we had a wonderful dinner at Milt's Steak & Seaford on Rt 14 going out of Cedar City. It was delicious, although a little pricey for us. It was our half-way-thru-our-trip dinner.
This morning we rode up Route 14 again. Along the way we could see more interesting mountains and rock formations.
We stopped at Cedar Break National Monument, a smaller version of Bryce Canyon, and it felt great. The temperature was about 68 and very breezy. For once we weren't sweating. The air was thin, however, and I'm having a little trouble with shortness of breath when I do anything. There is 20% less oxygen up here. It's a little hard to see, but there are stone spires, columns, arches, pinnacles, and intricate canyons in varying shades of red, yellow and purple.
It was kinda strange, but on top of that mountain, farther down the road, were many meadows. We found some lava-flow formations and picked up a couple pieces to bring home.
At Bryce Canyon we drove to the end of the road, Rainbow Point. It was the best place for pictures.
On the way back down, there were other vista points including one for the Natural Bridge which is really not a bridge but an arch.
Back down from the canyon, we stopped for supper. There was a row of little shops. In the parking lot was the vehicle of the day, a sleeper bus. We saw the same vehicle in Salt Lake but couldn't get a picture. Per the internet, it appears to be a Red Rotel Tour Bus.
On the way home, we could see the smoke cloud from the fire. The sun was behind it and was bright red. The picture didn't capture the color correctly but you can see the smoke cloud in these pictures. On the news, it said the fire was in New Harmony, 22 miles from us, and may be out of control. Three homes have burned, 75 people have been evacuated.
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