It was interesting driving to Las Vegas. I hadn’t driven over 35 mph for eleven days and suddenly the speed limit was 75 mph. I certainly covered more ground than I had been while hiking. What was I thinking all of that time? Who walks these days? Besides, all of that hiking seems to have dropped a few pounds from my already too skinny frame. What kind of American am I? We’re supposed to eat ribs not show them. So I went on the buffet diet while in Las Vegas. I had ribs and prime rib. I even had someone ask me if I was from the south because of the way I was devouring a plate of crawdads. I have continued with my new nutrition program at home. Yesterday we went to an Oriental buffet.

I think I may have already talked about this, but my one regret from this trip is that I was not able to hike The Narrows. If the water levels had been somewhere near normal I would have at least attempted to see if my knees would hold up. But with the Virgin River running so high, I knew that it just wasn’t going to be possible. Maybe I’ll return some year to experience the Narrows. If I do come back maybe the color will be better too. There are some places I would want to revisit and some that I’m content to see just once. I would like to hike portions of the West and or East Rim trails. The view of those towers is impressive from the valley, but I would like to get a different perspective. And perhaps some day I’ll feel up to attempting to hike to The Subway (assuming that I would be able to get one of the limited number of permits).

Oh and by the way I happened to stumble upon this picture.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EMZkgiEmqqFWoL-w3UbdJg
I think that’s my car down there. I was in that area that afternoon. It’s a much more scenic parking place than my garage. My car has been good to me. I’ll have to come up with some other nice places to park it. Going along for the ride is fun for me too.