Summer time

Hello everyone!
We eventually headed north as the weather in the Zion area became very warm - like in the mid 80's to 90. Warm enough for me. But before we left...
This pic is from the Wailing Wall climbing camp spot. We were perched on a knoll with great views of the desert. The mountains were behind us.

 Dylan climbed during the day -

and at night we cooked, listened to his climbing adventures and fixed clothing. Here he had to use my grandmother's iron that we heated on the stove to fix his climbing pants.

From there John and I took off. Dylan was headed south, so we headed for the Smithsonian Butte/Gooseberry Mesa. It's over towards Zion N.P. We heard that it was a great place to mountain bike. And it was. We had great views of the mountains

 We did spend a weekend with John's nephew, wife missy, and son Ian along with Miss Marie and her son Shawn, and brother Roger with his wife, in Zion National Park before heading north. A beautiful place. John and I climbed Angel's landing with Dylan later. If you have any issue's with height think twice about this hike. Very steep and very narrow. But they do provide chains to hold on to in some places...

 At that point we were back at Kolob Terrace, enjoying the peace of camping in a beautiful spot, along a river. Weather was turning warm in the day, and cool at night. We met Sally and her dog there. She took us on a short hike one day into one edge of Zion and showed us several sites of petroglyph's that are not on any map. Very cool!

It was time to head north. Some friends of ours in Lava, Kody and his wife Andi, now own the KOA Kamp ground in Lava Hot Springs. They needed some help so off we went! We will be in Lava til mid Sept., working at the KOA Thursday through Monday. Tuesday we run a retail store and do massage in town, and Wednesday's is groceries (65-70 mile round trip) or other odd jobs that we help people with. Life is very busy to say the least! But it is great to be back among friends! Here is a pic of downtown Lava:

Very small...pop. is 420. But a real tourist destination. Hot springs, floating the river, water slide park, zip lines, and shopping of course!

Hope you all have a great summer! Keep in touch!

Scott and Johnney