And we’re off again, this time taking the Subaru on our annual winter pilgrimage to Zion National Park.
The nice thing about winter in Zion is that we can drive where we want and not have to take these damn shuttle busses around.
First stop on the drive was for lunch at Mom’s Café in Salina, Utah.
We first stopped here years ago and were unimpressed with the menu at the time. This year, we opted for conventional road food. I enjoyed a double bacon cheeseburger that was pretty damn good.
We turned down U.S. 89 and entered the park on the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway. A herd of bighorn sheep greeted us at a roadside potty stop.
It was late afternoon by the time we approached the Virgin River Canyon with the nearby cliffs blushing in the late afternoon sunlight.
We turned up the canyon to the lodge where we got keys to our cabin where we would bunk for the next four nights.
We had two full-size beds, a gas fireplace, a small desk and unlike a few years ago, the cabins now have decent Wi-Fi coverage.
Best of all, the view from our cabin was delightful.
