StraightAhead

I haven’t posted anything about my trip lately, because some of that time I wasn’t connected and other times I was just too busy or driving most of the day.  I went back to my nephew’s in Anthem after I left Flagstaff.  I had a great time visiting with them and their children.  They are the Phoenix Dunns.  I really liked the church where they worship.  It was a meaningful God experience for me.  So was Zion National Park and points between Anthem and there.  The drive up to Zion was pretty awesome and memorable.  I got to wondering how they would pick one area from this amazing scenery to call a National Park.  When I got to Zion I understood why they picked it.  I was awestruct most of the time, but when I went through that mile long tunnel through solid rock with no lights inside of it,  that really did it for me.  I loved actually driving at the bottom of canyons and looking up at the amazing cliffs and formations,  partial arches etc.  I saw and felt God in that valley.  I stayed in the lodge which was nestled in amongst the large sheer faced mountains.

The Drive from Zion Today was amazing too.  Some of the best windy roads I’ve ever driven on and my car loved them as much as I did.  Of course I know it’s an inanimate object but many people will know what I mean.  You become one with the car at times.  The mountains along the coast of California as you see them when coming from the east are breath taking.  There was a mist on them and they are big and some of the valleys you drive down into are big and you fly down the road back and forth getting to the bottom.  I was thinking as big as Texas is and as many great things there are in my state , I saw things today that are bigger than anything you will ever see in Texas.  Maybe Big Bend is an exception, maybe it’s the angle you come into these places from , I don’t know.  I was getting loud every now and then just from sheer joy.  Anyway , here I am close to San Diego, tomorrow I go to the Pacific.  It has been a trip for the ages and it is not near over yet.  later.