Thursday, June 10, 2010

Mission--Our Trip Home

Day 1--Thursday-May 27th Salt Lake City to Bryce Canyon.

Packed and ready to go! Rear window!

Driver's side!

Passenger side!


Kennecott Copper Mine


Bryce Canyon Park


Panoramic View


Amphitheater!




Hoodoos & Fans

Ruby's Inn--where we stayed.

Day 2-Friday, May 28th. Bryce Canyon to Zion Canyon and on to St. George.
Back to Bryce Canyon.

Evidence of last year's fire!



Thor's Hammer!




Driving to Zion Canyon--



Zion Canyon Park entrance!




Checkerboard Mesa


Big Horned Sheep




One of several tunnels on highway #9.


Views from the shuttle bus route.


Abraham, Isaac, Jacob & Moroni.



We walked (climbed) to this spot.

Columbine along the trail.

Weeping rocks



Virgin River.


Great White Throne (through bus skylight)


Drive from Zion Canyon to St. George.

Toquerville--town where my great-grandfather, Henry Hollist Stinger, was born.


Day3--Saturday, May 29th

St. George Temple


We drove to Las Vegas to see Russell & family.
RJ & Cameron.


Day 4--Sunday, May 30th After sacrament meeting we headed south, then east to Gallup, New Mexico.

Colorado River at Laughlin, NV.



Scenes in Arizona and New Mexico.
Day 5--Monday, May 31st Memorial Day! We back-tracked from Gallup to Window Rock and then on to Tucumcari, NM.

Window Rock, AZ.

Navajo Nation Headquarters.

Pueblo Laguna!



One of the murals on the walls in Tucumcari, NM.


Day6--Tuesday, June 1st Tucumcari, NM thru Texas panhandle to Oklahoma City.


Welcome to Texas!

Cherokee Trading Post, Oklahoma.


Day 7--Wednesday, June 2nd Oklahoma City to Bebee, Ark. Dinner with Elder & Sister Wallace in Searcy, Ark.

Lake Eufala, Oklahoma.


Rice paddies in Arkansas.


Day 8--Thursday, June 3rd Bebee, Ark. to Knoxville, Tennessee. Dinner with Wayne & Gerry Barrett.

Mississippi River at Memphis.

Day 8--Friday, June 4th Knoxville to Dale City

The Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah Valley.
HOME!!!