Author Archives: David Dice

It is raining in the desert.  We left Phoenix this morning, where it rained off and on all night, and drove through drizzling rain most of the way here, with occasional heavy downpours.  It is cloudy out now, and looks … Continue reading →

It is our 39th wedding anniversary today. This morning we watched some video from this past fall that I’d edited, but we hadn’t yet viewed. Then we watched a slideshow from last November, our arrival and travel up the east … Continue reading →

It was slightly cloudy today, but warm enough with temperatures in the mid 20’s C.  We went to the Heard Museum this morning, a museum with both contemporary and historical Native American art.  Much of the art work was very … Continue reading →

We spent the morning looking at the petroglyphs here.  There are over 1500 different carvings scratched into the black basalt boulders that make up the Hedgpeth Hills petroglyph site.  The tour begins with a small museum that explains the origin … Continue reading →

Not much news to report today.  We spent most of the day shopping.  The weather here is pretty cool for Phoenix at this time of year.  It was only about 12 C today.

It froze overnight in Holbrook, but it didn’t get as cold as the weather forecast.  We drove under sunny skies to Meteor Crater, which is about 30 km west of Winslow, and stopped there to visit the museum and view … Continue reading →

There was a wicked storm last night, sometime around midnight.  It rained a bit and there was some thunder, but mostly it was just a lot of wind.  When we awoke this morning the sky was still partly overcast, but … Continue reading →

It was nice when we left Zion National Park early this morning.  We drove up the steep and sharp switchbacks to the Mt. Carmel tunnel, and waited about five minutes for our turn to go through.  It is easy to … Continue reading →

Today is our last in Zion, so we travelled to the west side of the park and drove north on the Kolob Terrace Road.  This road climbs to the highest point in Zion National Park, the Lava Point observation area.  … Continue reading →

It was quite a bit cooler last night, the coldest it’s been since we got to Utah.  This morning we walked to the human history museum, about a kilometre north of the campground.  Along the way we saw a group … Continue reading →