Grand Canyon!

Wow! I intended to upload photos from the Grand Canyon, but when I got there, all I could think was, "no picture will ever do this justice!" But, I took photos anyway (because I promised I would). We were at the North Rim and there is a pathway that sticks out into the middle of the canyon so you can see almost all the way around from one spot.

Yes, friends and fans, that is me sitting on the absolute edge of a cliff, sticking out in the middle of the Grand Canyon! This photo comes from one of those cheap one-time use cameras which I had with me at the time, so a young couple (with a fancier camera) took some more (and better) shots of me on this and another cliff. They said they would email them to me at a later date. I can only hope they do. If/when they do, I will show you those photos also!

Amazing, right?!

That was Saturday, folks. On Sunday morning we checked out of our townhouse and went our separate ways. There was a fabulous sunrise over the hill to greet us as we packed our cars.

We made one last visit to the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, and as we were driving out we saw this:

See the deer in the middle of the shot?

For those of you who don't already know, I adopted a new best friend from the sanctuary. He was found in St. George, UT, caught wrapped (stuck) in razor wire inside of a pipe. He had apparently been there for some time and was starving and scared. Some little boys found him and fetched their dad who cut him free and brought him to the sanctuary. There, they named him Brighton. He wasn't too attached to that name yet (didn't exactly answer to it) and I've been thinking of names for him. I wanted to use a name of one of my favorite novel characters from over the years. I finally settled on Irwin Maurice Fletcher. So everyone, meet my new travel companion, Fletch:

The second photo is Fletch with Sue on one of our daily walks with the cats (in Brighton/Fletch's case, it's always more of a flop in the rocks). He would flop down in the lava rocks and roll around in the sun, scratching his back and sides on the rocks. That's as far as the 'walks' ever got. I will be picking him up on my next run through the area, on my way to San Diego, in a few weeks.

I loved my week at Best Friends and I will go back! I want to go spend more time there next time and devote some time with the other animals as well, the horses, bunnies, pot-bellied pigs and birds!

Sunday, I headed north to Salt Lake City to see a dear friend from high shcool, Cynthia. I made a little stop in a small town for lunch and loved it. I will have some cool photos from that day of travel and more information about the lunch.

Bye-Bye kiddies and see you soon!