When I lived in L.A., my friend Jay had a custom of going up to Zion National Park for Thanksgiving, each year, and one hear he invited me along. It became a sort of tradition for me to go to Zion each Thanksgiving. We would drive up there Thanksgiving morning, have a big dinner at the park's lodge, and do lots of hiking over the next several days, driving back on the Sunday after.
So, living in Korea, I haven't been joining Jay for Thanksgiving, but since I was back in the US, I decided for old-times' sake to join him and his other friends this year. Originally, I was going to time my around-the-country road-trip so that I could hit southern Utah at Thanksgiving, but that schedule got all messed up, somehow. And I'm too burned out on driving to go rushing out there by car, now. So tomorrow morning I'm flying to Las Vegas (which is the closest major airport to Zion) and Jay will pick me up on his way through from L.A. up to Zion. I'll spend the long weekend there, and fly back to Minneapolis on Monday. I'm excited to be going.
I'm still debating on whether to take my computer. Even if I do, I think I'll declare a 4-day "internet holiday." So there will be a few days without blog postings or answers to emails. That will be a nice change, too.
I'll post some thoughts and comments and pictures when I get back to Minneapolis, next Monday.