We need a vacuum badly. The little 12V thing we had before doesn't have strong enough suction and our rug is yucky. The only store big enough around here is Walmart, so we give in and go to Cedar City to find it.
After finishing our shopping, we eat lunch in the car. True vagabonds - pumpernickel, hunks of salami and ripe cherries.
There are meadows full of various grasses and purple wildflowers. Very tranquil. In 10 minutes, the terrain can totally change.
Navaho Lake is a beautiful teal color. Next we come upon an overlook to Zion National Park in Dixie National Forest. Very exciting. Along the way we stop at Kolub Canyan, which is part of Zion National Park.
After seeing a photo of a house-sized rock that slid down the canyon side in 1984, Bob says: "Wouldn't want to have a rock like that fall on our car. It might crush our new vacuum". Priorities, priorities.
Cedar Breaks National Park: 8000 ft - 97 degrees; 9000 feet - 82 degrees, 10,000 feet - 68 degrees. Wild flowers galore. Many hoodoos (tall vertical rock formations that Native American legends endow with magical powers).
We want to hike to Alpine Pond, but at 10,460 feet, we are too short of breath. Stunning views greet us at sunset - lightning, rays of sun visible from the clouds, trees with knees, fields of lava rock along the roadside.
We walk down to Aspen Mirror Lake, a lovely little hideaway where people have been fishing quietly all day.
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